Kamalraj Subban, Ramesh Subramani and Muthumary Johnpaul
Keywords: Endophytic fungi, Coelomycetes, Pestalotiopsis spp., Ascomycotina, Deuteromycotina.
Abstract: This study aimed to analyze the endophytic coelomycetes under direct and indirect methods from stems of Mangifera indica, Rhododendron arboreum, Taxodium distichum and T. mucronatum. Both direct and indirect methods were effective for isolation, and identifying endophytic coelomycetous fungi such as Botryodiplodia sp., Colletotrichum sp., Pestalotiopsis spp., Bartalinia sp., Monochaetia spp., Seimatosporium sp. and Truncatella sp. All the fungi are reported from this study has been identified up to species level based on classical taxonomy using microscopic techniques and chemotaxonomy. This study demonstrates first time that fatty acid profile can be used for chemotaxonomical identification of coelomycetous fungi, Pestalotiopsis spp. and other genera. In addition, the fatty acid profile has not only facilitated to determine chemotaxonomy distribution, also provided an evidence for further research in fungal secondary metabolites and mycodiesel technology.
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