Biotechnological potential of plant-associated endophytic fungi: Hope versus hype

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 297-303

  Kusari, Souvik ^a   Singh, Satpal ^b   Jayabaskaran, Chelliah ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathway; Endophyte biotechnology; Endophytic fungi; Industrial bioprocess; Plant microbe interaction; Red biotechnology; Secondary metabolites; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; INDUSTRY;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL BIOPROCESS; PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS; RED BIOTECHNOLOGIES; SECONDARY METABOLITES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; APOPLAST; BIOPROCESS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID STATE FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROCEDURES; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENDOPHYTES; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84901021972     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.03.009     Document Type: Review

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