Abstract: Endophytic fungi from medicinal plants provide a reservoir of a bioactive metabolites. The present study is an attempt to investigate the ability of endophytic fungi isolated from few medicinal plants procured from Muthathi Wild Life Sanctuary in Mandya District, Karnataka, India to produce secondary metabolites, which acts as antimicrobial agents and to check their potential antimicrobial activity. The bioactive compounds from the endophytic fungi have tremendous antibacterial activity against eight human bacterial pathogens such as S. aureus, E. coli, B. subtilis, P. aeruginosa, Shigella, K. pneumoneae, P. mirabilis and L. monocytogens by using standard protocol of agar well diffusion method. The present study has proven that some medicinal plants may be a rich source of endophytic fungi with antimicrobial prospective. The isolated endophytic fungi may prime to innovative natural product for practice in pharmaceutical industries. This study has demonstrated that the medicinal plants are very noble source of endophytic fungi with potential to produce bioactive compounds having antibacterial effect.
Keywords: Endophytic fungi, Antibacterial activity, Human pathogens, Medicinal plants, Muthathi Wild Life Sanctuary.
Title: ISOLATION OF ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI FROM FEW MEDICINAL PLANTS OF MUTHATHI WILD LIFE SANCTUARY AND THEIR ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY
Author: SURESHA. S, M. JAYASHANKAR
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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