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R. N. Alberto, Costa, A. T., Polonio, J. C., Santos, M. S., Rhoden, S. A., Azevedo, J. L., Pamphile, J. A., Alberto, R. N., Costa, A. T., Polonio, J. C., Santos, M. S., Rhoden, S. A., Azevedo, J. L., and Pamphile, J. A., Extracellular enzymatic profiles and taxonomic identification of endophytic fungi isolated from four plant species, vol. 15, no. 4, p. -, 2016.
Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors would like to thank the Complexo de Centrais de Apoio à Pesquisa (COMCAP/UEM) for sequencing the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 regions; thanks are due to CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior) for Master’s scholarships (R.N. Alberto and J.C. Polonio) and CAPES/PNPD-UEM for the post-doctoral scholarship (A.T. Costa). The authors would also like to thank CNPq (#311534/2014-7 and #447265/2014-8) and Fundação Araucária (#276/2014) for funding the current research. REFERENCES Almeida TT, Orlandelli RC, Azevedo JL, Pamphile JA, et al (2015). Molecular characterization of the endophytic fungal community associated with Eichhornia azurea (Kunth) and Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) (Pontederiaceae) native to the Upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil. Genet. Mol. Res. 14: 4920-4931. http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/2015.May.11.25 Anbu P, Gopinath SCB, Cihan AC, Chaulagain BP, et al (2013). Microbial enzymes and their applications in industries and medicine. BioMed Res. Int. 204014: .http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/204014 Bernardi-Wenzel J, García A, Filho CJ, Prioli AJ, et al (2010). Evaluation of foliar fungal endophyte diversity and colonization of medicinal plant Luehea divaricata (Martius et Zuccarini). Biol. Res. 43: 375-384. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-97602010000400001 Bezerra JD, Nascimento CC, Barbosa RdoN, da Silva DC, et al (2015). Endophytic fungi from medicinal plant Bauhinia forficata: Diversity and biotechnological potential. Braz. J. Microbiol. 46: 49-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838246120130657 Choi YW, Hodgkiss IJ, Hyde KD, et al (2005). Enzyme production by endophytes of Brucea javanica. International J. Agric. Technol. 1: 55-66. D’Souza MA, Hiremath KG, et al (2015). Isolation and bioassay screening of medicinal plant endophytes from Western Ghats forests, Goa, India. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. 2: 176-190. de Souza PM, de Oliveira Magalhães P, et al (2010). Application of microbial α-amylase in industry - A review. Braz. J. Microbiol. 41: 850-861 .http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822010000400004 Desire MH, Bernard F, Forsah MR, Assang CT, et al (2014). Enzymes and qualitative phytochemical screening of endophytic fungi isolated from Lantana camara Linn. leaves. J. Appl. Biol. Biotechnol. 2: 1-6 .http://dx.doi.org/10.7324/JABB.2014.2601 Duza MB, Mastan SA, et al (2013). Microbial enzymes and their applications - a review. Indo Am. J. Pharmaceut. Res. 3: 6208-6219. Eriksson OE, Hawksworth DL, et al (2003). Saccharicola, a new genus for two Leptosphaeria species on sugar cane. Mycologia 95: 426-433. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3761884 Ferreira DF, et al (2011). Sisvar: a computer statistical analysis system. Cienc. Agrotec. 35: 1039-1042 .http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-70542011000600001 García A, Rhoden SA, Rubin Filho CJ, Nakamura CV, et al (2012). Diversity of foliar endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant Sapindus saponaria L. and their localization by scanning electron microscopy. Biol. Res. 45: 139-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-97602012000200006 Gomes RR, Glienke C, Videira SI, Lombard L, et al (2013). Diaporthe: a genus of endophytic, saprobic and plant pathogenic fungi. Persoonia 31: 1-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/003158513X666844 Gupta S, Kaul S, Singh B, Vishwakarma RA, et al (2016). Production of gentisyl alcohol from Phoma herbarum endophytic in Curcuma longa L. and its antagonistic activity towards leaf spot pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol.; Epub ahead of print] .http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12010-016-2154-0 Jain P, Aggarwal V, Sharma A, Pundir RK, et al (2012). Screening of endophytic fungus Acremonium sp. for amylase production. Int. J. Agric. Technol. 8: 1353-1364. Kedar A, Rathod D, Yadav A, Agarkar G, et al (2014). Endophytic Phoma sp. isolated from medicinal plants promote the growth of Zea mays. Nusantara Bioscience 6: 132-139 .http://dx.doi.org/10.13057/nusbiosci/n060205 Keller NP, Turner G, Bennett JW, et al (2005). Fungal secondary metabolism - from biochemistry to genomics. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 3: 937-947. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1286 Kusari S, Singh S, Jayabaskaran C, et al (2014). Biotechnological potential of plant-associated endophytic fungi: hope versus hype. Trends Biotechnol. 32: 297-303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.03.009 Leme AC, Bevilaqua MR, Rhoden SA, Mangolin CA, et al (2013). Molecular characterization of endophytes isolated from Saccharum spp based on esterase and ribosomal DNA (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) analyses. Genet. Mol. Res. 12: 4095-4105. http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/2013.September.27.11 Manamgoda DS, Rossman AY, Castlebury LA, Crous PW, et al (2014). The genus Bipolaris. Stud. Mycol. 79: 221-288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2014.10.002 Meng L, Sun P, Tang H, Li L, et al (2011). Endophytic fungus Penicillium chrysogenum, a new source of hypocrellins. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 39: 163-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2011.02.003 Mishra Y, Singh A, Batra A and Sharma MM (2014). Understanding the biodiversity and biological applications of endophytic fungi: a review. J. Microb. Biochem. Tech. S8: 004. http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/1948-5948.S8-004 Onofre SB, Mattiello SP, da Silva GC, Groth D, et al (2013). Production of cellulases by the endophytic fungus Fusarium oxysporum. J. Microbiol. Res. 3: 131-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.5923/j.microbiology.20130304.01 Orlandelli RC, Alberto RN, Rubin Filho CJ, Pamphile JA, et al (2012). Diversity of endophytic fungal community associated with Piper hispidum (Piperaceae) leaves. Genet. Mol. Res. 11: 1575-1585. http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/2012.May.22.7 Orlandelli RC, de Almeida TT, Alberto RN, Polonio JC, et al (2015). Antifungal and proteolytic activities of endophytic fungi isolated from Piper hispidum Sw. Braz. J. Microbiol. 46: 359-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838246220131042 Pamphile JA, Azevedo JL, et al (2002). Molecular characterization of endophytic strains of Fusarium verticillioides (Fusarium moniliforme) from maize (Zea mays L). World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 18: 391-396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015507008786 Patil MG, Pagare J, Patil SN, Sidhu AK, et al (2015). Extracellular enzymatic activities of endophytic fungi isolated from various medicinal plants. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. Applied Sci. 4: 1035-1042. Raeder U, Broda P, et al (1985). Rapid preparation of DNA from filamentous fungi. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 1: 17-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.1985.tb01479.x Rai MK, Tiwari VV, Irinyi L, Kövics GJ, et al (2014). Advances in taxonomy of genus phoma: polyphyletic nature and role of phenotypic traits and molecular systematics. Indian J. Microbiol. 54: 123-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12088-013-0442-8 Raju DC, Thomas SM, Thomas SE, et al (2015). Screening for extracellular enzyme production in endophytic fungi isolation from Calophyllum inophyllum L leaves. J. Chem. Pharm. Res. 7: 900-904. Rhoden SA, Garcia A, Rubin Filho CJ, Azevedo JL, et al (2012). Phylogenetic diversity of endophytic leaf fungus isolates from the medicinal tree Trichilia elegans (Meliaceae). Genet. Mol. Res. 11: 2513-2522. http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/2012.June.15.8 Sakayaroj J, Preedanon S, Supaphon O, Jones EBG, et al (2010). Phylogenetic diversity of endophyte assemblages associated with the tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Thailand. Fungal Divers. 42: 27-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13225-009-0013-9 Sudha V, Govindaraj R, Baskar K, Al-Dhabi NA, et al (2016). Biological properties of endophytic fungi. Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol. 59: e16150436. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4324-2016150436 Sunitha VH, Nirmala Devi D and Srinivas C (2013). Extracellular enzymatic activity of endophytic fungal strains isolated from medicinal plants. World J. Agr. Sci. 9: 01-09. http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.5829/idosi.wjas.2013.9.1.72148 Suryanarayanan TS, Thirunavukkarasu N, Govindarajulu MB, Sasse F, et al (2009). Fungal endophytes and bioprospecting. Fungal Biol. Rev. 23: 9-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2009.07.001 Tamura K, Peterson D, Peterson N, Stecher G, et al (2011). MEGA5: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis using maximum likelihood, evolutionary distance, and maximum parsimony methods. Mol. Biol. Evol. 28: 2731-2739. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msr121 Vardhini SRD, Irfath M, et al (2013). Isolation, production, purification and applications of proteases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Vedic Res. Int. Biol. Med. Chem. 1: 69-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.14259/bmc.v1i2.77 Venkatesagowda B, Ponugupaty E, Barbosa AM, Dekker RF, et al (2012). Diversity of plant oil seed-associated fungi isolated from seven oil-bearing seeds and their potential for the production of lipolytic enzymes. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 28: 71-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-011-0793-4 Wang LW, Xu BG, Wang JY, Su ZZ, et al (2012). Bioactive metabolites from Phoma species, an endophytic fungus from the Chinese medicinal plant Arisaema erubescens. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 93: 1231-1239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3472-3 White TJ, Bruns T, Lee S and Taylor J (1990). Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. In: PCR protocols. A guide to methods and applications (Innis MA, Gelfland DH, Sninsky JJ and White TJ, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego, 315-322.
R. N. Alberto, Costa, A. T., Polonio, J. C., Santos, M. S., Rhoden, S. A., Azevedo, J. L., Pamphile, J. A., Alberto, R. N., Costa, A. T., Polonio, J. C., Santos, M. S., Rhoden, S. A., Azevedo, J. L., and Pamphile, J. A., Extracellular enzymatic profiles and taxonomic identification of endophytic fungi isolated from four plant species, vol. 15, no. 4, p. -, 2016.
Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The authors would like to thank the Complexo de Centrais de Apoio à Pesquisa (COMCAP/UEM) for sequencing the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 regions; thanks are due to CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Ensino Superior) for Master’s scholarships (R.N. Alberto and J.C. Polonio) and CAPES/PNPD-UEM for the post-doctoral scholarship (A.T. Costa). The authors would also like to thank CNPq (#311534/2014-7 and #447265/2014-8) and Fundação Araucária (#276/2014) for funding the current research. REFERENCES Almeida TT, Orlandelli RC, Azevedo JL, Pamphile JA, et al (2015). Molecular characterization of the endophytic fungal community associated with Eichhornia azurea (Kunth) and Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) (Pontederiaceae) native to the Upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil. Genet. Mol. Res. 14: 4920-4931. http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/2015.May.11.25 Anbu P, Gopinath SCB, Cihan AC, Chaulagain BP, et al (2013). Microbial enzymes and their applications in industries and medicine. BioMed Res. Int. 204014: .http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/204014 Bernardi-Wenzel J, García A, Filho CJ, Prioli AJ, et al (2010). Evaluation of foliar fungal endophyte diversity and colonization of medicinal plant Luehea divaricata (Martius et Zuccarini). Biol. Res. 43: 375-384. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-97602010000400001 Bezerra JD, Nascimento CC, Barbosa RdoN, da Silva DC, et al (2015). Endophytic fungi from medicinal plant Bauhinia forficata: Diversity and biotechnological potential. Braz. J. Microbiol. 46: 49-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838246120130657 Choi YW, Hodgkiss IJ, Hyde KD, et al (2005). Enzyme production by endophytes of Brucea javanica. International J. Agric. Technol. 1: 55-66. D’Souza MA, Hiremath KG, et al (2015). Isolation and bioassay screening of medicinal plant endophytes from Western Ghats forests, Goa, India. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. 2: 176-190. de Souza PM, de Oliveira Magalhães P, et al (2010). Application of microbial α-amylase in industry - A review. Braz. J. Microbiol. 41: 850-861 .http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822010000400004 Desire MH, Bernard F, Forsah MR, Assang CT, et al (2014). Enzymes and qualitative phytochemical screening of endophytic fungi isolated from Lantana camara Linn. leaves. J. Appl. Biol. Biotechnol. 2: 1-6 .http://dx.doi.org/10.7324/JABB.2014.2601 Duza MB, Mastan SA, et al (2013). Microbial enzymes and their applications - a review. Indo Am. J. Pharmaceut. Res. 3: 6208-6219. Eriksson OE, Hawksworth DL, et al (2003). Saccharicola, a new genus for two Leptosphaeria species on sugar cane. Mycologia 95: 426-433. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3761884 Ferreira DF, et al (2011). Sisvar: a computer statistical analysis system. Cienc. Agrotec. 35: 1039-1042 .http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-70542011000600001 García A, Rhoden SA, Rubin Filho CJ, Nakamura CV, et al (2012). Diversity of foliar endophytic fungi from the medicinal plant Sapindus saponaria L. and their localization by scanning electron microscopy. Biol. Res. 45: 139-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0716-97602012000200006 Gomes RR, Glienke C, Videira SI, Lombard L, et al (2013). Diaporthe: a genus of endophytic, saprobic and plant pathogenic fungi. Persoonia 31: 1-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/003158513X666844 Gupta S, Kaul S, Singh B, Vishwakarma RA, et al (2016). Production of gentisyl alcohol from Phoma herbarum endophytic in Curcuma longa L. and its antagonistic activity towards leaf spot pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol.; Epub ahead of print] .http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12010-016-2154-0 Jain P, Aggarwal V, Sharma A, Pundir RK, et al (2012). Screening of endophytic fungus Acremonium sp. for amylase production. Int. J. Agric. Technol. 8: 1353-1364. Kedar A, Rathod D, Yadav A, Agarkar G, et al (2014). Endophytic Phoma sp. isolated from medicinal plants promote the growth of Zea mays. Nusantara Bioscience 6: 132-139 .http://dx.doi.org/10.13057/nusbiosci/n060205 Keller NP, Turner G, Bennett JW, et al (2005). Fungal secondary metabolism - from biochemistry to genomics. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 3: 937-947. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1286 Kusari S, Singh S, Jayabaskaran C, et al (2014). Biotechnological potential of plant-associated endophytic fungi: hope versus hype. Trends Biotechnol. 32: 297-303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.03.009 Leme AC, Bevilaqua MR, Rhoden SA, Mangolin CA, et al (2013). Molecular characterization of endophytes isolated from Saccharum spp based on esterase and ribosomal DNA (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) analyses. Genet. Mol. Res. 12: 4095-4105. http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/2013.September.27.11 Manamgoda DS, Rossman AY, Castlebury LA, Crous PW, et al (2014). The genus Bipolaris. Stud. Mycol. 79: 221-288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2014.10.002 Meng L, Sun P, Tang H, Li L, et al (2011). Endophytic fungus Penicillium chrysogenum, a new source of hypocrellins. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 39: 163-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2011.02.003 Mishra Y, Singh A, Batra A and Sharma MM (2014). Understanding the biodiversity and biological applications of endophytic fungi: a review. J. Microb. Biochem. Tech. S8: 004. http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/1948-5948.S8-004 Onofre SB, Mattiello SP, da Silva GC, Groth D, et al (2013). Production of cellulases by the endophytic fungus Fusarium oxysporum. J. Microbiol. Res. 3: 131-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.5923/j.microbiology.20130304.01 Orlandelli RC, Alberto RN, Rubin Filho CJ, Pamphile JA, et al (2012). Diversity of endophytic fungal community associated with Piper hispidum (Piperaceae) leaves. Genet. Mol. Res. 11: 1575-1585. http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/2012.May.22.7 Orlandelli RC, de Almeida TT, Alberto RN, Polonio JC, et al (2015). Antifungal and proteolytic activities of endophytic fungi isolated from Piper hispidum Sw. Braz. J. Microbiol. 46: 359-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838246220131042 Pamphile JA, Azevedo JL, et al (2002). Molecular characterization of endophytic strains of Fusarium verticillioides (Fusarium moniliforme) from maize (Zea mays L). World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 18: 391-396. http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015507008786 Patil MG, Pagare J, Patil SN, Sidhu AK, et al (2015). Extracellular enzymatic activities of endophytic fungi isolated from various medicinal plants. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. Applied Sci. 4: 1035-1042. Raeder U, Broda P, et al (1985). Rapid preparation of DNA from filamentous fungi. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 1: 17-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.1985.tb01479.x Rai MK, Tiwari VV, Irinyi L, Kövics GJ, et al (2014). Advances in taxonomy of genus phoma: polyphyletic nature and role of phenotypic traits and molecular systematics. Indian J. Microbiol. 54: 123-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12088-013-0442-8 Raju DC, Thomas SM, Thomas SE, et al (2015). Screening for extracellular enzyme production in endophytic fungi isolation from Calophyllum inophyllum L leaves. J. Chem. Pharm. Res. 7: 900-904. Rhoden SA, Garcia A, Rubin Filho CJ, Azevedo JL, et al (2012). Phylogenetic diversity of endophytic leaf fungus isolates from the medicinal tree Trichilia elegans (Meliaceae). Genet. Mol. Res. 11: 2513-2522. http://dx.doi.org/10.4238/2012.June.15.8 Sakayaroj J, Preedanon S, Supaphon O, Jones EBG, et al (2010). Phylogenetic diversity of endophyte assemblages associated with the tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides in Thailand. Fungal Divers. 42: 27-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13225-009-0013-9 Sudha V, Govindaraj R, Baskar K, Al-Dhabi NA, et al (2016). Biological properties of endophytic fungi. Braz. Arch. Biol. Technol. 59: e16150436. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4324-2016150436 Sunitha VH, Nirmala Devi D and Srinivas C (2013). Extracellular enzymatic activity of endophytic fungal strains isolated from medicinal plants. World J. Agr. Sci. 9: 01-09. http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.5829/idosi.wjas.2013.9.1.72148 Suryanarayanan TS, Thirunavukkarasu N, Govindarajulu MB, Sasse F, et al (2009). Fungal endophytes and bioprospecting. Fungal Biol. Rev. 23: 9-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fbr.2009.07.001 Tamura K, Peterson D, Peterson N, Stecher G, et al (2011). MEGA5: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis using maximum likelihood, evolutionary distance, and maximum parsimony methods. Mol. Biol. Evol. 28: 2731-2739. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msr121 Vardhini SRD, Irfath M, et al (2013). Isolation, production, purification and applications of proteases from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Vedic Res. Int. Biol. Med. Chem. 1: 69-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.14259/bmc.v1i2.77 Venkatesagowda B, Ponugupaty E, Barbosa AM, Dekker RF, et al (2012). Diversity of plant oil seed-associated fungi isolated from seven oil-bearing seeds and their potential for the production of lipolytic enzymes. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 28: 71-80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-011-0793-4 Wang LW, Xu BG, Wang JY, Su ZZ, et al (2012). Bioactive metabolites from Phoma species, an endophytic fungus from the Chinese medicinal plant Arisaema erubescens. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 93: 1231-1239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3472-3 White TJ, Bruns T, Lee S and Taylor J (1990). Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. In: PCR protocols. A guide to methods and applications (Innis MA, Gelfland DH, Sninsky JJ and White TJ, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego, 315-322.
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