ABSTRACT
Beneficial interactions between plants and microorganisms have been investigated under different ecological, physiological, biochemical, and genetic aspects. However, the systematic exploration of biomolecules with potential for biotechnological products from this interaction still is relatively scarce. Therefore, this study aimed the evaluation of the diversity and antimicrobial activity of the endophytic fungi obtained from roots, stems and leafs of Myrcia guianensis (Myrtaceae) from the Brazilian Amazon. 156 endophytic fungi were isolated and above 80% were identified by morphological examination as belonging to the genera Pestalotiopsis, Phomopsis, Aspergillus, Xylaria, Nectria, Penicillium and Fusarium. Fermented broth of those fungi were assayed for antimicrobial activity and four inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Candida albicans and Penicillium avellaneum. As the strain named MgRe2.2.3B (Nectria haematococca) had shown the most promising results against those pathogenic strains, its fermented broth was fractioned and only its two low polar fractions demonstrated to be active. Both fractions exhibited a minimum bactericidal concentration of 50 µg.mL-1 against S. aureus and a minimum fungicidal concentration of 100 µg.mL-1 against P. avellaneum. These results demonstrate the diversity of fungal genera in M. guianensis and the potential of these endophytic fungi for the production of new antibiotics.
Subject(s)
Anti-Infective Agents/metabolism , Biodiversity , Endophytes/classification , Endophytes/isolation & purification , Fungi/classification , Fungi/isolation & purification , Myrtaceae/microbiology , Brazil , Bacteria/drug effects , Endophytes/metabolism , Fungi/drug effects , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Plant Leaves/microbiology , Plant Roots/microbiology , Plant Stems/microbiologyABSTRACT
Três fontes protéicas alimentares foram tratadas com transglutaminase microbiana (EC 2.3.2.13) e as características físico-químicas como reatividade, solubilidade, emulsificação e grupos amino livres dos polímeros formados foram avaliadas. Amostras de caseína láctea (CL), proteína isolada de soja (PIS) e de proteína animal hidrolisada (PAH), foram incubadas com a enzima por uma ou duas horas. CL e PIS mostraram uma redução na solubilidade de 15% e 24% respectivamente, enquanto PAH não sofreu alteração de solubilidade. A quantidade de nitrogênio livre na forma amina apresentou uma redução de 7%, 3% e 2% para PAH, CL e PIS respectivamente. CL e PIS demonstraram baixa atividade emulsificante quando tratadas enzimaticamente, porém as emulsões formadas se mostraram estáveis, em contraste com PAH que não alterou suas propriedades emulsificantes.