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Table 1 Volatile compounds from endophytic fungi and their activity

From: Volatile hydrocarbons from endophytic fungi and their efficacy in fuel production and disease control

Endophytic fungi

Host plant

Volatile compounds

Potential activity

Target organism

References

Alternaria sp.

Epicoccum sp. CID66

Fusarium sp. CID124

Centaurea stoebe

Unidentified sesquiterpenes

Insecticidal

Larinus minutes (Weevil)

Newcombe et al. (2009)

Annulohypoxylon sp.

Neolitsea pulchella

1,8-cineole

Biofuel

 

Wang et al. (2017)

Ascocoryne sarcoides

Eucryphia cordifolia

Hydrocarbons (short and medium chain alkenes, Ketones, alcohols) and sesquiterpenes

Biofuel, antifungal

Pythium ultimum

Griffin et al. (2010), Strobel et al. (2010)

Aspergillus nomius

Eusideroxylon zwageri

Saturated hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, alcohols and unsaturated hydrocarbons

Biofuel

 

Azeez et al. (2016)

Fimetariella

rabenhorstii A20

Aquilaria sinensis

Frabenol (sesquiterpene alcohol)

Biofuel

 

Tao et al. (2011)

Geotrichum sp.

Botrytis sp.

Penicillium sp.

Cladosporium sp.

MIF01

Musa spp.

Mimosa pudica

Butane 2-methyl; β-butyrolactone, 2-butenedinitrile

Butane 2-methyl, 1-propanol 2-methyl

Antifungal

Fusarium oxysporum F. sp. cubense race 4

Ting et al. (2010)

Gliocladium roseum

Unknown

Hydrocarbons (benzene, heptane,1-octene, octane, m-xylene,3-methylnonane, dodecane, ridecane,hexadecane and nonadecane)

Biofuel

 

Ahamed and Ahring (2011)

Hypoxylon sp.

Persea indica

1,8-cineole, 1-methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene; (+)-.alpha.-methylene-.alpha.-fenchocamphoron (monoterpene)

Antifungal

Botrytis cineria, Phytophthora cinnamomi, Cercospora beticola, Sclerotium sclerotiorum

Tomsheck et al. (2010)

Hypoxylon sp. E7406B

 

1,8-cineole synthase

Biofuel

 

Shaw et al. (2015)

Lasiodiplodia spp.

Neofusicoccum sp.,

Botryosphaeria sp., Pseudofusicoccum sp.

Plants in Caatinga Biome, Brazil

Sesquiterpenes, ketones, alcohols

Antibacterial, antispasmodic

 

Oliveira et al. (2015)

Muscodor fengyangensis

Pseudotaxus chienii, Actinidia chinensis, Abies beshanzuensis

Naphthalene derivatives;a-phellandrene; β-phellandrene; 2-cyclohexen; propanoic acid, its2-methyl-, and methyl ester

Antimicrobial

 

Zhang et al. (2010)

M. roseus

Grevillea pteridifolia

2-butenoic acid, ethyl ester; 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene; 2,3-nonadiene

Antibiotic

 

Worapong et al. (2002)

M. tigerii

Cinnamomum camphora

4-Octadecylmorpholine, 1-Tetradecanamine, N,N-dimethyl and 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, mono(2-ethylhexyl) ester.

Antifungal, antibacterial

 

Saxena et al. (2015)

M. vitigenus

Paullinia paullinioides

Naphthalene

Insecticidal

Wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus)

Daisy et al. (2002)

M. yucatanensis

Bursera simaruba

Octane; 2-methyl butyl acetate; 2-pentylfuran; caryophyllene; aromadendrene

Biofuel

 

González et al. (2009)

Meliniomyces variabilis

Phialocephala fortinii

Pinus sylvestris

Ethanol; acet-aldehyde

Biofuel

 

Bäck et al. (2010)

Muscodor albus

Cinnamomum zeylanicum

1-Butanol, 3-methyl-, acetate;vitrene (terpenoid);

Antibacterial, antifungal

 

Strobel et al. (2001)

M. albus

Grevillea pterifolia

Kennedia nigricans

Terminalia prostrata

Naphthalene, naphthalene,1, 1-oxybis

Antibacterial, antifungal

 

Ezra et al. (2004)

M. albus GBA

Ginkgo biloba

1-Butanol, 3-methyl-, acetate;vitrene (terpenoid);

Antibacterial, antifungal

Sacharomyces cerevisiae, Candida albicans

Banerjee et al. (2010)

M. albus MOW12

Piper nigrum L.

Acetic acid, ethyl ester, propanoic acid, 2-methyl-methyl ester and acetic acid, 2-methyl propylester

Antifungal

Fusarium solani, Trichoderma sp.

Banerjee et al. (2014)

M. crispans B23

Ananas ananassoides

Propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, methyl ester;propanoic acid, 2-methyl-

Biofuel

 

Mitchell et al. (2008)

M. sutura

Prestonia trifidi

Thujopsene, chamigrene, isocaryophyllene, butanoic acid, 2-methyl

Antifungal

 

Kudalkar et al. (2012)

Myrothecium inundatum

Acalypha indica

3-octanone; 3-octanol; 7-octen-4-ol

Antifungal

Pythium ultimum, S. sclerotiorum

Banerjee et al. (2010)

Neotyphodium sp.

Lolium perrene L.

Phenolics

Antifungal

Fusarium poae

Pańka et al. (2013)

Nigrograna mackinnonii E5202H

 

(3E, 5E, 7E)-nona-1,3,5,7-tetraene (NTE)

  

Shaw et al. (2015)

Nodulisporium sp

Lagerstromia loudoni

Alcohols, acids, esters, monoterpenes

Antifungal

 

Suwannarach et al. (2013)

Nodulisporium sp.CF16

Cinnamomum loureirii

β-elemene; β-selinene; α-selinene; 1-methyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene

Antifungal

P. ultimum, Rhizoctonia solani, F. oxysporum,

P. Capsici, S. sclerotiorum, Colletotrichum coccodes, Magnoporthe oryzae, A. panax,

B. cineria

Park et al. (2010)

Oidium sp.

Terminalia catappa

Butanoic acid, 3-methyl-, methyl ester; butanoic acid, 3-methyl-, ethyl ester

Antifungal

P. ultimum

Strobel et al. (2008)

Phoma sp.

Larrea tridentata

alpha.-humulene (sesquiterpene);alcohols; reduced naphthalenederivatives; trans-caryophyllene

Antifungal

Verticillium, Ceratocystis, Cercospora, Sclerotinia, Trichoderma, Colletotrichum, Aspergillus sp.

Strobel et al. (2011)

Phomopsis sp.

Odontoglossum sp.

Sabinene (monoterpene); 1-butanol,3-methyl; benzeneethanol; 1-propanol, 2-methyl; 2-propanone

Antifungal

Pythium, Phytophthora, Sclerotinia, Rhizoctonia, Fusarium, Botrytis, Verticillium, Colletotrichum

Singh et al. (2011)

Trichoderma gamsii

Panax notoginseng

Dimethyl disulphide, dibenzofuran, methanethiol, ketones

Antifungal

Scytalidium lignicola

Chen et al. (2016)

Xylaria sp.

Haematoxylum brasiletto

3-Methyl-1-butanol, thujopsene, unidentified amine, 2-methyl-1-butanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol

Antifungal

Ophandi dermatum, P. capsici, A. solani, F. oxysporum

Ortiz et al. (2016)