[Isolation and identification of endophytic fungi from Vitex negundo var. cannabifolia].
OBJECTIVE
The research aimed to investigate the entophytic fungal community of Vitex negundo var. cannabifolia, including the biodiversity from different organs and the correlations with habitations.


METHODS
PDA medium was used to isolate and purify the endophytic fungi in V. negundo var. cannabifolia. The purified strains were identified by morphology together with similarity of 5.8S gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence.


RESULTS
Ninety-seven strains of endophytic fungi were isolated from V. negundo var. cannabifolia. They were identified belonging to 12 species, 10 genera, 8 families and 6 orders, while 60 isolations identified into 9 species, 9 genus ,7 families and 6 orders were obtained from the wild plants and 37 belonging to 7 species, 5 genus, 3 families and 3 orders were from the cultivated ones.


CONCLUSIONS
It indicated that the entophytic fungi in V. negundo var. cannabifolia were diverse, and there were some differences at quantity and species in different sites and organs of V. negundo var. cannabifolia.
School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200063, China.
Fang
F
Huang
Ting
T
Han
Luping
L
Qin
D044822:Biodiversity; D005658:Fungi / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D013559:Symbiosis; D020950:Vitex / Q000382:microbiology*