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Muscodor albus MOW12 an Endophyte of Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae) Collected from North East India Produces Volatile Antimicrobials

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Muscodor albus MOW12, an endophytic fungus isolated from Piper nigrum in Mawlong, Meghalaya, India, resembles some cultural and hyphal characteristics of previous isolates of Muscodor sp. In addition, it possesses about 99 % similarity in its ITS rDNA with other M. albus isolates and thus is nicely centered within the genetic tree to other Muscodor spp. This xylariaceae fungus effectively inhibits and kills certain plant pathogenic fungi by virtue of a mixture of volatile compounds that it produces. The majority of these compounds were identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry as small molecular weight esters, alcohols, and acids. The main ester components of this isolate of M. albus in its volatile mixture are acetic acid, ethyl ester; propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester and acetic acid, 2-methylpropyl ester. This appears to be the first report of any M. albus strain from India.

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DB is thankful to University Grants Commission, New Delhi for financial assistance and Mr. Pallab Pattanayak for his help during this study. Dr Strobel is grateful for DoE and NSF project support.

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  1. Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 721 102, West Bengal, India

    Debdulal Banerjee, Akhil Pandey & Maloy Jana

  2. Department of Plant Science, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA

    Gary Strobel

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Banerjee, D., Pandey, A., Jana, M. et al. Muscodor albus MOW12 an Endophyte of Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae) Collected from North East India Produces Volatile Antimicrobials. Indian J Microbiol 54, 27–32 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-013-0400-5

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