Diversity of endophytic fungi from medicinal plant Oxalis latifolia and their antimicrobial potential against selected human pathogens.

ABSTRACT: Endophytic fungi that inhabit medicinal plants are microbial resources renowned for having compounds analogous to those produced by their host plants. This study aimed to describe the diversity of endophytic fungi found in Oxalis latifolia Kunth. To better understand the diversity of foliar endophytic fungi found in the leaves of the medicinal plant Oxalis latifolia, we isolated and characterized endophytic by using both morphological and molecular methods employing ITS markers. The antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi against common human pathogens Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus subtilis was also investigated. A Total of 16 endophytic fungi were successfully isolated from leaves and classified into five orders of Pezizomycotina base

SUBMITTER: Hussein JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884773 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature