Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini

Endophytes are an endosymbiont that colonize in plant without causing apparent disease. Medicinal plants have been proven as a host to endophytes fungi thus providing a rich reservoir of bioactive compounds. However, there is lack information available about medicinal plants associated endophytes. T...

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Main Authors: Hasan, Nor’Aishah, Zaini, Maizura
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan 2019
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Zaini, Maizura
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Zaini, Maizura
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description Endophytes are an endosymbiont that colonize in plant without causing apparent disease. Medicinal plants have been proven as a host to endophytes fungi thus providing a rich reservoir of bioactive compounds. However, there is lack information available about medicinal plants associated endophytes. Therefore, in the present study, the presence of endophyticfungi inhabiting in leaves of Pandanus sp.and Alpinia sp.were isolated. Healthy and symptomless leavesof Pandanus sp. and Alpinia spweresurface sterilizedand used for the isolation of endophytes.Variation in the colonization frequency of endophyticfungi was observed in leaves of both species. Relatively, leaves of Pandanus sp. werefound to have greater colonization frequency (16.7%) as compared to leaves of Alpinia sp.(8.3%). A total of 3 fungal isolates were obtained and identified based on the morphology of fungal cultures and spores. Among them one unidentified isolate (P2)was group to Zygomycota phylum. Other two isolates were identified as species belong to Lentinus sp.(A1)and Colleotrichum sp.(P1). Finding in this study suggest the possible exploration of many suchbioactive compounds from this potential fungus.
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spelling uitm-306942020-06-01T02:00:31Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30694/ Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini joa Hasan, Nor’Aishah Zaini, Maizura Negeri Sembilan Bioactive compounds Fungal antigens Endophytes are an endosymbiont that colonize in plant without causing apparent disease. Medicinal plants have been proven as a host to endophytes fungi thus providing a rich reservoir of bioactive compounds. However, there is lack information available about medicinal plants associated endophytes. Therefore, in the present study, the presence of endophyticfungi inhabiting in leaves of Pandanus sp.and Alpinia sp.were isolated. Healthy and symptomless leavesof Pandanus sp. and Alpinia spweresurface sterilizedand used for the isolation of endophytes.Variation in the colonization frequency of endophyticfungi was observed in leaves of both species. Relatively, leaves of Pandanus sp. werefound to have greater colonization frequency (16.7%) as compared to leaves of Alpinia sp.(8.3%). A total of 3 fungal isolates were obtained and identified based on the morphology of fungal cultures and spores. Among them one unidentified isolate (P2)was group to Zygomycota phylum. Other two isolates were identified as species belong to Lentinus sp.(A1)and Colleotrichum sp.(P1). Finding in this study suggest the possible exploration of many suchbioactive compounds from this potential fungus. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Negeri Sembilan 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30694/1/30694.pdf Hasan, Nor’Aishah and Zaini, Maizura (2019) Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini. (2019) Journal of Academia <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Academia.html>, 7 (2). pp. 124-129. ISSN 2289-6368 https://nsembilan.uitm.edu.my/joacns/
spellingShingle Negeri Sembilan
Bioactive compounds
Fungal antigens
Hasan, Nor’Aishah
Zaini, Maizura
Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini
title Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini
title_full Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini
title_fullStr Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini
title_full_unstemmed Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini
title_short Isolation and identification of Endophytic Fungi of Pandanus sp. and Alpinia sp. from Reserve Forest UiTM Negeri Sembilan / Nor’Aishah Hasan and Maizura Zaini
title_sort isolation and identification of endophytic fungi of pandanus sp. and alpinia sp. from reserve forest uitm negeri sembilan / nor’aishah hasan and maizura zaini
topic Negeri Sembilan
Bioactive compounds
Fungal antigens
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30694/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30694/