Endophytic Xylariaceae from the forests of Western Ghats, southern India: Distribution and biological activities

Mycology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-37

  Govinda Rajulu, Meenavalli B ^a   Thirunavukkarasu, Nagamani ^b   Babu, A Giridhar ^c   Aggarwal, Ashish ^c   Suryanarayanan, Trichur S ^a   Reddy, M Sudhakara ^c  

^a Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology   (India)

^b VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE   (India)

^c THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; diversity; laccase; lipase; xylariaceous endophytes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMANIA; XYLARIA; XYLARIACEAE;

EID: 84877924881     PISSN: 21501203     EISSN: 21501211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21501203.2013.776648     Document Type: Article

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