An endophytic fungus from Azadirachta indica A. Juss. that produces azadirachtin

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1287-1294

  Kusari, Souvik ^a   Verma, Vijay C ^a,b   Lamshoeft, Marc ^a   Spiteller, Michael ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Azadirachtin A; Azadirachtin B; Endophytic fungus; Eupenicillium parvum; Neem

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; AZADIRACHTIN; AZADIRACHTIN-A; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI; EUPENICILLIUM PARVUM; NEEM;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

FUNGI;

AZADIRACHTIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL RNA; INSECTICIDE; LIMONOID; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; EUPENICILLIUM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE;

AZADIRACHTA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENDOPHYTES; EUPENICILLIUM; GENES, RRNA; INSECTICIDES; LIMONINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; EUPENICILLIUM; EUPENICILLIUM PARVUM; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84856681162     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0876-2     Document Type: Article

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