Diversity and antimicrobial activities of the fungal endophyte community associated with the traditional Brazilian medicinal plant Solanum cernuum Vell. (Solanaceae)

Can J Microbiol. 2012 Jan;58(1):54-66. doi: 10.1139/w11-105. Epub 2011 Dec 19.

Abstract

The diversity and antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi associated with the Brazilian medicinal plant Solanum cernuum Vell. were studied during summer and winter seasons. A total of 246 fungal isolates were obtained, including 225 filamentous fungi and 21 yeasts. They were identified by morphological, physiological, and molecular methods. Fifty-five different taxa represented by the phyla Ascomycota (33 taxa), Basidiomycota (21 taxa), and Zygomycota (one taxon) were identified. The most abundant taxa were closely related to Arthrobotrys foliicola , Colletotrichum gloeosporioides , Coprinellus radians , Glomerella acutata , Diatrypella frostii , Phoma glomerata , Mucor sp., Phlebia subserialis , Phoma moricola , Phanerochaete sordida , and Colletotrichum sp. A total of 265 fungal extracts were screened and 64 (26.01%) displayed antimicrobial activities. Among these extracts, 18 (28.12%) presented antibacterial and antifungal activities, 42 (65.62%) displayed selective antibacterial activity, and four (6.25%) exhibited only antifungal activity. The best values of minimum inhibitory concentration were obtained from extracts of Cryptococcus rajasthanensis , Glomerella acutata, Leptosphaeria sp., and Phoma glomerata ranging from 7.8 to 15.62 µg/mL. This study is the first survey of the endophytic fungi community associated with S. cernuum, and our results show that they can represent a promising source of bioactive compounds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
  • Bacteria / drug effects*
  • Biodiversity*
  • Brazil
  • Complex Mixtures / pharmacology
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
  • Endophytes
  • Fungi / chemistry
  • Fungi / classification
  • Fungi / drug effects*
  • Fungi / genetics
  • Fungi / isolation & purification
  • Fungi / physiology*
  • Genes, rRNA / genetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Plants, Medicinal / microbiology*
  • Solanum / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Complex Mixtures
  • DNA, Ribosomal Spacer

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