Culturable Endophytes of Medicinal Plants and the Genetic Basis for Their Bioactivity

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 431-449

  Miller, Kristin I ^a,b   Qing, Chen ^c   Sze, Daniel Man Yuen ^a,d   Roufogalis, Basil D ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHINA; CULTURE MEDIA; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84864345586     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-012-0044-8     Document Type: Article

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