Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Epiphytic and Endophytic Fungi from Marine Organisms: Isolation, Bioassay and Taxonomy

oleh: Yan-Hua Zhu, Li-Fang Ma, Yu Wang, Peng-Juan Gu, Yue Kang, Jia Zhang, Yan Feng, Jun Mu, Yi Zhang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: MDPI AG 2009-04-01

Deskripsi

In the search for new marine derived antibiotics, 43 epi- and endophytic fungal strains were isolated from the surface or the inner tissue of different marine plants and invertebrates. Through preliminary and secondary screening, 10 of them were found to be able to produce broad-spectrum antimicrobial metabolites. By morphological and molecular biological methods, three active strains were characterized to be Penicillium glabrum, Fusarium oxysporum, and Alternaria alternata.