Mining the Metabolome and the Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Potential of Sea Foam-Derived Fungi.

ABSTRACT: Sea foam harbors a diverse range of fungal spores with biological and ecological relevance in marine environments. Fungi are known as the producers of secondary metabolites that are used in health and agricultural sectors, however the potentials of sea foam-derived fungi have remained unexplored. In this study, organic extracts of six foam-derived fungal isolates belonging to the genera Penicillium, Cladosporium, Emericellopsis and Plectosphaerella were investigated for their antimicrobial activity against plant and human pathogens and anticancer activity. In parallel, an untargeted metabolomics study using UPLC-QToF-MS/MS-based molecular networking (MN) was performed to unlock their chemical inventory. Penicillium strains were identified as the most prol

SUBMITTER: Oppong-Danquah E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7074149 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature