Bioactive secondary metabolites produced by microorganisms associated with plants

Abstract: In the past few decades groups of scientists have focused their study on relatively new microorganisms called endophytes. By definition these microorganisms, mostly fungi and bacteria, colonise the intercellular spaces of the plant tissues. The mutual relationship between endophytic microorganisms and their host plants, taxanomy and ecology of endophytes are being studied. Some of these microorganisms produce bioactive secondary metabolites that may be involved in a host-endophyte relationship. Recently, many endophytic bioactive metabolites, known as well as new substances, possesing a wide variety of biological activities as antibiotic, antitumor, antiinflammatory, antioxidant, etc. have been identified. The microorganisms such as endophytes may be very interesting for biotechnological production of bioactive substances as medicinally important agents. Therefore the aim of this review is to briefly characterize endophytes and summarize the structuraly different bioactive secondary metabolites produced by endophytic microorganisms as well as microbial sources of these metabolites and their host plants.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Bioactive secondary metabolites produced by microorganisms associated with plants ; volume:62 ; number:3 ; year:2007 ; pages:251-257 ; extent:7
Biologia ; 62, Heft 3 (2007), 251-257 (gesamt 7)

Creator
Firáková, Silvia
Šturdíková, Mária
Múčková, Marta

DOI
10.2478/s11756-007-0044-1
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409221536316.712433337742
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Firáková, Silvia
  • Šturdíková, Mária
  • Múčková, Marta

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