TY - JOUR
T1 - In vitro antagonistic activity of endophytic fungi isolated from shirazi thyme (zataria multiflora boiss.) against monosporascus cannonballus
AU - Al-Badi, Rahil Said
AU - Karunasinghe, Thamodini Gaya
AU - Al-Sadi, Abdullah Mohammed
AU - Al-Mahmooli, Issa Hashil
AU - Velazhahan, Rethinasamy
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by SQU through the projects IG/AGR/CROP/18/01, IG/AGR/CROP/16/03, and CR/AGR/ CROP/19/01. We thank Dr. Khalid Al-Farsi and Dr. Annette Patzelt, Oman Botanic Garden for providing Zataria multiflora and Dr. Myo Tay Zar Myint, Department of Physics, College of Science, SQU for his help with scanning electron microscopy.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Rahil Said Al-Badi et al.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Endophytic fungi viz., Nigrospora sphaerica (E1 and E6), Subramaniula cristata (E7), and Polycephalomyces sinensis (E8 and E10) were isolated from the medicinal plant, Shirazi thyme (Zataria multiflora). In in vitro tests, these endophytes inhibited the mycelial growth of Monosporascus cannonballus, a plant pathogenic fungus. Morphological abnormalities in the hyphae of M. cannonballus at the edge of the inhibition zone in dual cultures with N. sphaerica were observed. The culture filtrates of these endophytes caused leakage of electrolytes from the mycelium of M. cannonballus. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the isolation and characterization of fungal endophytes from Z. multiflora as well as their antifungal effect on M. cannonballus.
AB - Endophytic fungi viz., Nigrospora sphaerica (E1 and E6), Subramaniula cristata (E7), and Polycephalomyces sinensis (E8 and E10) were isolated from the medicinal plant, Shirazi thyme (Zataria multiflora). In in vitro tests, these endophytes inhibited the mycelial growth of Monosporascus cannonballus, a plant pathogenic fungus. Morphological abnormalities in the hyphae of M. cannonballus at the edge of the inhibition zone in dual cultures with N. sphaerica were observed. The culture filtrates of these endophytes caused leakage of electrolytes from the mycelium of M. cannonballus. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the isolation and characterization of fungal endophytes from Z. multiflora as well as their antifungal effect on M. cannonballus.
KW - Antifungal
KW - Endophytic fungi
KW - Monosporascus cannonballus
KW - Zataria multiflora
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U2 - 10.33073/pjm-2020-029
DO - 10.33073/pjm-2020-029
M3 - Article
C2 - 32735104
AN - SCOPUS:85088884085
SN - 1733-1331
VL - 69
SP - 379
EP - 383
JO - Acta Microbiologica Polonica
JF - Acta Microbiologica Polonica
IS - 3
ER -