title: Muscodor albus MOW12 an Endophyte of Piper nigrum L. (Piperaceae) Collected from North East India Produces Volatile Antimicrobials.
abstract: Muscodor albus MOW12, an endophytic fungus isolated from Piper nigrum in Mawlong, Meghalaya, India, resembles some cultural and hyphal characteristics of previous isolates of Muscodor sp. In addition, it possesses about 99 % similarity in its ITS rDNA with other M. albus isolates and thus is nicely centered within the genetic tree to other Muscodor spp. This xylariaceae fungus effectively inhibits and kills certain plant pathogenic fungi by virtue of a mixture of volatile compounds that it produces. The majority of these compounds were identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry as small molecular weight esters, alcohols, and acids. The main ester components of this isolate of M. albus in its volatile mixture are acetic acid, ethyl ester; propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester and acetic acid, 2-methylpropyl ester. This appears to be the first report of any M. albus strain from India.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 721 102 West Bengal India.
authors.forename: Debdulal
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 721 102 West Bengal India.
authors.forename: Akhil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 721 102 West Bengal India.
authors.forename: Maloy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Science, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT USA.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Strobel
keywords: Endophyte; Fungi; Muscodor albus; Piper nigrum; Volatile organic compound