Antimicrobial Potential of Crude Extract of Curvularia lunata, an Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Cymbopogon caesius | Zendy

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Antimicrobial Potential of Crude Extract of Curvularia lunata, an Endophytic Fungi Isolated from Cymbopogon caesius

Author(s) -

K. Avinash,

Handibag Ashwini,

Harish Babu,

Y.L. Krishnamurthy

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of mycology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2356-7481

pISSN - 2314-6168

DOI - 10.1155/2015/185821

Subject(s) - antimicrobial , biology , candida albicans , plant use of endophytic fungi in defense , endophyte , cladosporium , agar , agar diffusion test , traditional medicine , ethyl acetate , fungus , potato dextrose agar , penicillium , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , medicine , genetics , biochemistry

Cymbopogon caesius grass is an aromatic tall grass species which grows in waste field and along the edges of crop fields in Karnataka. From this grass fungal endophytes were isolated on PDA medium and identified as Curvularia lunata. The fungus was cultured on Potato Dextrose broth for production of fungal metabolites. Ethyl acetate extract of the C. lunata was obtained by liquid-liquid partition of broth of endophyte and evaporation. Dried crude extract was tested for antimicrobial activity by agar well diffusion method. The extract showed antimicrobial nature against all the test pathogens. Crude extract of C. lunata is highly active against Staphylococcus aureus with the inhibition percentage of 92 and Candida albicans with 81 percent inhibition

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