Title
Identification and characterization of compounds from Chrysosporium multifidum, a fungus with moderate antimicrobial activity isolated from Hermetia illucens gut microbiota
Date Issued
01 December 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Correa, Y.
Jullian V.
Álvarez, Daniela
Dufloer C.
Publisher(s)
Public Library of Science
Abstract
The gut microbiota of insects is composed of a wide range of microorganisms which produce bioactive compounds that protect their host from pathogenic attack. In the present study, we isolate and identify the fungus Chrysosporium multifidum from the gut of Hermetia illucens larvae. Extract from C. multifidum culture broth supernatant showed moderate activity against a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Bioguided isolation of the extract resulted in the characterization of six α-pyrone derivatives (1-6) and one diketopiperazine (7). Of these compounds, 5,6-dihydro-4-methoxy-6-(1-oxopentyl)-2Hpyran- 2-one (4) showed the greatest activity (IC50 = 11.4 ± 0.7 μg/mL and MIC = 62.5 μg/ mL) against MRSA.
Volume
14
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Farmacología, Farmacia
Patología
Micología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85076973653
PubMed ID
Source
PLoS ONE
ISSN of the container
1932-6203
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded by the program Ciencia Activa (FONDECYT-CONCYTEC) for the project 108-2015-FONDECYT "Research of new antibiotic molecules isolated from the microbial diversity of the gut of a saprophagous Peruvian fly".
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