title: Production of gliotoxin on natural substrates by Trichoderma virens.
abstract: Gliotoxin, an epithiodiketopiperazine toxin produced by the "Q" strain of Trichoderma virens, is essential for curtailing growth and multiplication of phytopathogens (Howell et al. 1993, Fravel 1988). Three isolates (Gv, Gv-A and Gv-V) of Trichoderma virens were grown on natural substrates such as bengal gram hull, gingelly cake, green gram hull, rice bran, soya meal, sugarcane bagasse, soyameal + tapioca, tapioca powder, tapioca peel and wheat bran). It was evident from this study that maximum gliotoxin (64 mg/l) was produced on tapioca powder by the alien isolate Gv. However sugarcane bagasse significantly enhanced gliotoxin production (36 mg/l) in the native isolate Gv-A, when compared to other substrates like green gram hull and rice bran. So far, studies on production of gliotoxin on synthetic media has been reported. We report the production of gliotoxin by T. virens on natural substrates "in vitro" for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras Guindy, Chennai-600 025, India. anitha_rajasekar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anitha
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murugesan
mesh_terms: D002482:Cellulose; D003470:Culture Media; D005912:Gliotoxin / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002365:Manihot; D012275:Oryza; D013025:Glycine max; D013997:Time Factors; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D014908:Triticum
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005912:Gliotoxin; D002482:Cellulose; C027433:bagasse