title: Bioprospecting highly diverse endophytic Pestalotiopsis spp. with antibacterial properties from Maytenus ilicifolia, a medicinal plant from Brazil.
abstract: Thirteen endophytic fungal strains of the genus Pestalotiopsis were isolated from the medicinal plant Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex. Reiss (commonly known as "espinheira santa") and their antimicrobial properties were investigated. Two isolates were successful in inhibiting the growth of the tested microorganisms (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Micrococcus luteus, Staphylococcus aureus, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)) using the technique of bioautographic thin-layer chromatography (TLC) agar overlay assay. An analysis based on a polyphasic approach integrating taxonomic information, morphological traits, RAPD markers, and the sequencing of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 of the rDNA led to the assignment of the isolates as belonging to the species Pestalotiopsis microspora, Pestalotiopsis vismiae, and Pestalotiopsis leucothoes. Therefore, the present study presents a new approach to the study of endophytic fungi of the genus Pestalotiopsis.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Patologia Básica, Centro Politécnico s/n, PO Box 19031 - 81531-990, Curitiba, PR - Brazil.
authors.forename: Josiane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gomes-Figueiredo
authors.forename: Ida C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Pimentel
authors.forename: Vânia A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Vicente
authors.forename: Marcio R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pie
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kava-Cordeiro
authors.forename: Lygia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galli-Terasawa
authors.forename: José O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Antonia Q L
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Chirlei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glienke
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000898:Antibiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D001938:Brazil; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D029755:Maytenus / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016533:Mycological Typing Techniques; D010802:Phylogeny; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000382:microbiology*; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013098:Xylariales / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer