Bioactivites of Penicillium citrinum isolated from a medicinal plant Swertia chirayita

Hemant Sharma, Arun Kumar Rai, Rajen Chettri, Poonam Singh - Nee Nigam

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Abstract

Endophytes associated with plants have the property to produce active biomolecules with their possible applications in agro-industrial sectors. This study provides a project work on analyzing various activities of fungal endophytes isolated from Swertia chirayita of Sikkim Himalayan region. Among several fungal endophytes screened, isolate UTCRF6 was found most active with the secretion of enzymes protease, cellulase, amylase and chitinase, as well as other metabolites Indoleacetic acid and siderophores. This endophyte was found active in restricting the growth of phyto-pathogens, including strains of Fusarium solani, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Alternaria alternata, Pestalotiopsis theae and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Morphological and molecular studies of this endophytic fungus showed similarity with Penicillium citrinum. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5173-5182
Number of pages10
JournalArchives of Microbiology
Volume203
DOIs
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 2 Aug 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Forest, Environment and Wildlife Management Department, Government of Sikkim for permitting us to collect the plant samples for this study; Botanical Survey of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Sikkim Himalayan Regional Centre for helping us to validate the plant sample; Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi for providing test phytopathogens for this work; National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science, Pune for helping us with phenotypic and molecular identification along with storage of our endophyte isolate and Department of Botany, Sikkim University for providing us the required facilities to conduct the research work.

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Keywords

  • Amylase
  • Chitinase
  • Enzymes
  • Fungal endophytes
  • Fusarium
  • Phytopathogen
  • Protease

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