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Harnessing endophytes for industrial microbiologyGary Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Curr Opin Microbiol 9:240-4. 2006..Many practical applications for 'mycofumigation' by M. albus have been investigated and the fungus is now in the market place...
The Paleobiosphere: a novel device for the in vivo testing of hydrocarbon producing-utilizing microorganismsGary Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Biotechnol Lett 35:539-52. 2013..Initial tests with the Paleobiosphere offer some evidence for a possible origin of hydrocarbons trapped in bentonite shale. Thus, with modifications, numerous other tests can also be designed for utilization in the Paleobiosphere...
An endophytic/pathogenic Phoma sp. from creosote bush producing biologically active volatile compounds having fuel potentialGary Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
FEMS Microbiol Lett 320:87-94. 2011..We discuss the possible involvement of VOC production by the fungus and its role in the biology/ecology of the fungus/plant/environmental relationship with implications for utilization as an energy source...
The production of myco-diesel hydrocarbons and their derivatives by the endophytic fungus Gliocladium roseum (NRRL 50072)Gary A Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Microbiology 154:3319-28. 2008..Extraction of liquid cultures of the fungus revealed the presence of numerous fatty acids and other lipids. All of these findings have implications in energy production and utilization...
Synergism among volatile organic compounds resulting in increased antibiosis in Oidium spGary A Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
FEMS Microbiol Lett 283:140-5. 2008..plus isobutyric acid produced an additive antibiosis effect against P. ultimum. The biological implications of multiple volatile compounds acting to bring about antibiosis in nature are discussed...
Muscodor albus E-6, an endophyte of Guazuma ulmifolia making volatile antibiotics: isolation, characterization and experimental establishment in the host plantGary A Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Microbiology 153:2613-20. 2007..ulmifolia. Overall, isolates of M. albus, including E-6, have chemical, biological and structural characteristics that make them potentially useful in medicine, agricultural and industrial applications...
Muscodor albus and its biological promiseGary Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 33:514-22. 2006..albus are currently being investigated and include uses for treating various plant parts, and human wastes. Another promising option includes its use to replace methyl bromide fumigation as a means to control soil-borne plant diseases...
Cryptocandin, a potent antimycotic from the endophytic fungus Cryptosporiopsis cf. quercinaG A Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman 59717, USA
Microbiology 145:1919-26. 1999..07 microgram ml-1 against isolates of Candida albicans, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum. Cryptocandin is also active against a number of plant-pathogenic fungi including Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea...
Oocydin A, a chlorinated macrocyclic lactone with potent anti-oomycete activity from Serratia marcescensG Srobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman 59717, USA
Microbiology 145:3557-64. 1999..Oocydin A may have potential as an antimycotic in agricultural applications and especially for crop protection...
Volatile antimicrobials from Muscodor albus, a novel endophytic fungusG A Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Microbiology 147:2943-50. 2001..This report describes the ecological implications and potential practical benefits of the 'mycofumigation' effects of M. albus...
Isopestacin, an isobenzofuranone from Pestalotiopsis microspora, possessing antifungal and antioxidant activitiesGary Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Phytochemistry 60:179-83. 2002..This compound possesses antifungal activity and, as measured by electron spin resonance specroscopy, it also behaves as an antioxidant scavenging both superoxide and hydroxy free radicals...
Rainforest endophytes and bioactive productsGary A Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
Crit Rev Biotechnol 22:315-33. 2002..This review discusses an approach for bio-prospecting the rainforests, not only to harvest their endophytic microorganisms, but to eventually build a better understanding of the importance and value they have to humankind...
Endophytes as sources of bioactive productsGary A Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Microbes Infect 5:535-44. 2003..An intensive search for newer and more effective agents to deal with these disease problems is now under way and endophytes are a novel source of potentially useful medicinal compounds...
Bioprospecting for microbial endophytes and their natural productsGary Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 67:491-502. 2003..The potential prospects of finding new drugs that may be effective candidates for treating newly developing diseases in humans, plants, and animals are great...
Biologically active endophytic streptomycetes from Nothofagus spp. and other plants in PatagoniaUvidello F Castillo
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Microb Ecol 53:12-9. 2007..These results confirm that endophytic streptomycetes represent a novel source of biologically active microorganisms...
A rapid column technique for trapping and collecting of volatile fungal hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivativesEric Booth
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Biotechnol Lett 33:1963-72. 2011..Other available Carbotraps could be used for other applications...
Geobacillus sp., a thermophilic soil bacterium producing volatile antibioticsYuhao Ren
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Microb Ecol 60:130-6. 2010..10(7)) and killing at a 72-h exposure at higher bacterial cell concentrations. A synthetic mixture of those available volatile compounds, at the ratios occurring in Geobacillus sp. (M-7), mimicked the bioactivity of this organism...
Natural products from endophytic microorganismsGary Strobel
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
J Nat Prod 67:257-68. 2004..Other applications in industry and agriculture may also be discovered among the novel products produced by endophytic microbes...
Scanning electron microscopy of some endophytic streptomycetes in snakevine--Kennedia nigricansUvidello Castillo
Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA
Scanning 27:305-11. 2005..In addition, unusual colony morphology, observed with the unaided eye can very easily be used to distinguish some of these isolates since characteristic donut and pseudo-horn shaped colonies appeared in culture...
