Diversity and antifungal activity of the endophytic fungi associated with the native medicinal cactus Opuntia humifusa (Cactaceae) from the United States

Microbiological Research

Volumn 175, Issue , 2015, Pages 67-77

  Silva Hughes, Alice F ^a   Wedge, David E ^b   Cantrell, Charles L ^b   Carvalho, Camila R ^a   Pan, Zhiqiang ^b   Moraes, Rita M ^c,d   Madoxx, Victor L ^e   Rosa, Luiz H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cacti; Diversity; Endophytes; Fungi; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; PESTICIDES; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-FUNGAL PROPERTIES; ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CACTI; DIVERSITY; ENDOPHYTES; PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI;

FUNGI;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOACTIVITY; CACTUS; ENDOPHYTE; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

ALTERNARIA; AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BISCOGNIAUXIA; BISCOGNIAUXIA MEDITERRANEA; CACTACEAE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM FUNICULOSUM; CURVULARIA; DIAPORTHE; EPICOCCUM; FUNGI; OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA; PARACONIOTHYRIUM; PESTALOTIOPSIS; PHOMA; PHOMOPSIS OBSCURANS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPUNTIA; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FUNGI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPUNTIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929711151     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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