Insights in Fungal Bioprospecting in Mexico.

Linking Insights from Ecological Research with Bioprospecting to Promote Conservation, Enhance Research Capacity, and Provide Economic Uses of Biodiversity

In vitro Bioprospecting of Botanicals Towards Inhibition of Microbial Pathogens of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

The global call on the use of botanicals sequel to control of phytopathogenic microorganisms causing diseases of food crops most especially on rice has not been given attention in the tropics. A study was conducted to evaluate the antagonistic effect (in-vitro) of aqueous and ethanol extracts of Eucalyptus lameldulensis and Moringa oleifera leaves at different concentration (5, 10, 20, 40 and 1...

Who speaks for whom? A look at civil society accountability in bioprospecting debates in Mexico

Recent trends in governance include a diminishing role of the nation state and an expanding role of non-government actors in the management of resources and services. The nation state, some argue, is ceding way to a plethora of institutions including global, multinational, regional, and local-level players. Within this multilevel, multi-institutional governance system the role of both the priva...

Bioprospecting Endophytic Fungi and Their Metabolites from Medicinal Tree Aegle marmelos in Western Ghats, India.

The increasing emergence of lead drugs for the resistance produced by the pathogenic strains and arrival of new diseases have initiated the need for searching novel metabolites with best anticancer and antimicrobial properties than the existing one. With this view, the investigation was conducted for the isolation, identification, and biological evaluation of potential endophytic fungi of Aegle...

An optimized microplate assay system for quantitative evaluation of plant cell wall-degrading enzyme activity of fungal culture extracts.

Developing enzyme cocktails for cellulosic biomass hydrolysis complementary to current cellulase systems is a critical step needed for economically viable biofuels production. Recent genomic analysis indicates that some plant pathogenic fungi are likely a largely untapped resource in which to prospect for novel hydrolytic enzymes for biomass conversion. In order to develop high throughput scree...