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Isolation and Chemical Structural Elucidation of Antibacterial Bioactive Compounds from Endophytic Fungal Strain Phoma sp. D1

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The present investigation has been performed for the isolation, optimization, and chemical characterization of antibacterial compounds from endophytic fungi that survive inside the internal tissues of plants without causing any symptoms. Endophytic fungi were isolated from four medicinal plants and screened for their antibacterial activity. The fungal strain Phoma sp. D1 showed maximum antibacterial activity at 18.25 ± 0.58, 22.75 ± 0.85, 19.30 ± 0.76, and 16.30 ± 0.65 against Klebsiella pneumoniae, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. For maximum production of antibacterial compounds, Phoma sp. D1 was further optimized on different sources such as culture media, pH, temperature, carbon and nitrogen sources, and incubation period. The optimum culture media, pH, temperature, carbon and nitrogen, and incubation period for bioactive metabolite production of the strain were recorded in SDB, dextrose, yeast extract, 25 ± 0.1, and pH 8.0. The purification and chemical characterization of the antibacterial compounds were done by using solvent–solvent extraction, thin-layer chromatography, and gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy. The chemical characterization of the extract from Phoma sp. D1 showed the presence of five compounds, 2-(-cyclohexenyl) ethylamine, 2-chloro-6 fluorophenol, butyl ether2-hydroxyskatole4-glycerol, p-coumarate, and bicyclo [4,2,1] nona-2,4-dien-9-one could be responsible for antibacterial activity. The computation observation of biomolecules through DFT, QSAR, EHOMO, and ELUMO was also performed.

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  1. Government Girls College Khargone, Khargone, 451001, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Suneel Kumar

  2. Government College Kurai, Seoni, 480880, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Ravindra Prasad Aharwal

  3. Mata Gujri Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482001, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Deeksha Singh

  4. Bio-Design Innovation Centre, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, 482001, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Deepa Mishra & Sardul Singh Sandhu

  5. Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubaneswar, India

    Ashish K. Sarangi

  6. Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, Odisha, 758002, India

    Ranjan K. Mohapatra

  7. Department of Chemistry, Government Digvijay Autonomous PG College, Rajnandgaon, C.G, India

    Ashwani Kumar Sharma

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Kumar, S., Aharwal, R.P., Singh, D. et al. Isolation and Chemical Structural Elucidation of Antibacterial Bioactive Compounds from Endophytic Fungal Strain Phoma sp. D1. Curr Pharmacol Rep 9, 128–143 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40495-023-00317-z

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