Isolation and Characterization of an Endophytic Fungal Strain with Potent Antimicrobial and Termiticidal Activities from Port-Orford-Cedar

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 962-968

  Sun, Liqing ^a,b   Hse, Chung Yun ^b   Shupe, Todd ^c   Sun, Mingjing ^a   Wang, Xiaohua ^a   Zhao, Kai ^a  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antitermiticidal activity; biocontrol; endophyte; fermentation metabolite; termite

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAMAECYPARIS LAWSONIANA; FUNGI; ISOPTERA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; INSECTICIDE; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ASPERGILLUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CUPRESSACEAE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOPHYTE; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; CUPRESSACEAE; DNA, FUNGAL; ENDOPHYTES; INSECTICIDES; ISOPTERA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84931838627     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: 1938291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov070     Document Type: Article

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