Diversity and extracellular enzyme activities of fungal endophytes isolated from medicinal plants of Western Ghats, Karnataka
| Autor: | Srinivas Chowdappa, Narasimha Murthy Konappa, Fazilath Uzma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Hedychium flavescens Endophytic fungi 030106 microbiology Biomedical Engineering Hedychium coronarium Diversity analysis Extracellular enzymes Biology biology.organism_classification Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) Plant use of endophytic fungi in defense 03 medical and health sciences Diversity index Medicinal plants Structural Biology Botany biology.protein IUCN Red List Amylase Pectinase |
| Zdroj: | Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. 3:335-342 |
| ISSN: | 2314-808X |
| Popis: | A total of 112 endophytic fungi belonging to 26 genera were isolated from six wild medicinal plants belonging to Bisle region, Western Ghats of Karnataka, among which Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe and Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig are listed as endangered plants in the Red data book. The endophytic fungal diversity and extracellular enzyme activity from the endangered plants are reported for the first time. The diversity of the fungal isolates was analyzed using Simpson's diversity indices, Shannon–Weiner index and Evenness. The fungal isolates were screened for the production of extracellular enzymes, of which 29% were positive for amylase, 28% for cellulase, 18% for pectinase and 40% for asparaginase activity. None of the endophytic isolates depicted laccase activity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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