Abstract
The authors established the taxonomic status of endophytic fungi associated with leaves of Pandanaceae collected from southern Thailand. Morphotypes were initially identified based on their characteristics in culture and species level identification was done based on both morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data. Twenty-two isolates from healthy leaves were categorised into eight morphotypes. Appropriate universal primers were used to amplify specific gene regions and phylogenetic analyses were performed to identify these endophytes and established relationships with extant fungi. The authors identified both ascomycete and basidiomycete species, including one new genus, seven new species and nine known species. Morphological descriptions, colour plates and phylogenies are given for each taxon.
Highlights
Endophytic fungi are beneficial to their host plants and have the ability to produce bioactive compounds that have applied uses (Fisher et al 1994; Strobel et al 2004; Gunatilaka 2006; Arnold et al 2007; Saikkonen et al 2010; Aly et al 2010; Lin et al 2010; Rajulu et al 2011; Chowdhary et al 2015)
Leaf sections were placed in Malt Extract Agar (MEA), Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) and Water Agar (WA)
In this study on fungal endophytes found on leaves of Pandanaceae, it was found that the taxa belonged to both Ascomycota and Basidiomycota
Summary
Endophytic fungi are beneficial to their host plants and have the ability to produce bioactive compounds that have applied uses (Fisher et al 1994; Strobel et al 2004; Gunatilaka 2006; Arnold et al 2007; Saikkonen et al 2010; Aly et al 2010; Lin et al 2010; Rajulu et al 2011; Chowdhary et al 2015). Research on endophytic fungi began approximately 30 years ago and has intensified over the past 20 years (Thomson et al 1997; Arnold et al 2000; Stone et al 2000; Hyde and Soytong 2008; Lumyong et al 2009) This rising interest in endophytic fungi dates back to Bills’ 1996 novel concept that mycelia sterilia isolates could be assigned to groups based on their degree of similarity in colony surface texture (Rodrigues 1994; Fisher et al 1995; Lodge et al 1996; Brown et al 1998; Taylor et al 1999; Umali et al 1999; Fróhlich et al 2000). Subsequent studies have shown that multi-gene analyses are needed to identify endophytes (Ko et al 2011)
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