Diversity and antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from Cephalotaxus hainanensis Li, a well-known medicinal plant in China

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 484-490

  Yang, H R ^a   Hu, X P ^a   Jiang, C J ^a   Qi, J ^a   Wu, Y C ^a   Li, W ^a   Zeng, Y J ^a   Li, C F ^a   Liu, S X ^a  

^a HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cephalotaxus hainanensis Li; Diversity; Endophytic fungi; Medicinal plant; Medicine development

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CEPHALOTAXU HAINANENSIS LI; DIVERSITY; DOMINANT SPECIES; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS; MEDICINAL PLANTS; MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT; NATURE RESERVES; PHOMOPSIS; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES;

FUNGI;

FUNGAL EXTRACT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CANCER; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENDOPHYTE; GUST; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INHIBITION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CEPHALOTAXUS; CEPHALOTAXUS HAINANENSIS LI; CHINA; COLLETOTRICHUM BONINENSE; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NEONECTRIA MACROCONIDIALIS; NONHUMAN; PHOMOPSIS QUERCELLA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VERTICILLIUM BULBILLOSUM; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; COLLETOTRICHUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOPHYTE; FUSARIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

CHINA; HAINAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CEPHALOTAXUS HAINANENSIS; COLLETOTRICHUM BONINENSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; NEONECTRIA MACROCONIDIALIS; PHOMOPSIS QUERCELLA; POCHONIA BULBILLOSA; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; XYLARIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CEPHALOTAXUS; CHINA; COLLETOTRICHUM; ENDOPHYTES; FUSARIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84944044860     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12483     Document Type: Article

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