Screening and molecular characterization of natural fungal isolates producing lovastatin

Journal of Microbial and Biochemical Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-30

  Upendra, R S ^a   Khandelwal, Pratima ^a   Amiri, Z R ^b   Shwetha L , ^c  

^a NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UVCT   (India)

Author keywords

2Tubulin gene sequencing; ATR FTIR; Lovastatin; Neurospora crassa; Phylogenetic analysis; RP HPLC

Indexed keywords

MEVINOLIN;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BETA 2 TUBULIN GENE; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBMERGED FERMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS;

EID: 84875637721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/1948-5948.1000094     Document Type: Article

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