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. 2022 Mar 3;12(4):86. doi: 10.1007/s13205-022-03145-y

Table 1.

Some fungal endophytes that have been reported to produce various enzymes and their hosts

Enzyme Endophytic fungi Source References
Amylase Pestalotiopsis microspore, Aspergillus oryzae, Penicillium chrysogenum Rhizophora mucronata, Avicennia officinalis, A. marina, Asclepias sinaica Joel and Bhimba (2012), Fouda et al. (2015)
Cellulase Pestalotiopsis sp., Acremonium sp., Microsphaeropsis sp., Sclerocystis sp., Nigrospora sp., Phomopsis sp., Keteleeria davidiana, Cephalosporium sp., Penicillium sp., Fusarium oxysporum, Aspergillus sp., Penicillium chrysogenum, Xylaria sp. Acanthus ilicifolius, Zea mays, Sabina chinensis, Taxus chinensis, Keteleeria evelyniana, Pinus massoniana, Cupressus torulosa, Chlorophytum comosum, Baccharis dracunculifolia, Glochidion Borneese, Asclepias sinaica, Opuntia ficus-indica Maria et al. (2005), de Almeida et al. (2011), Peng and Chen (2007), Syed et al. (2013), Onofre et al. (2013), Tasia and Melliawati (2017), Fouda et al. (2015), Bezerra et al. (2012)
β-glucosidase Periconia sp., Aspergillus versicolor Cola acuminata Harnpicharnchai et al. (2009), Huang et al. (2021)
Endoglucanase Acremonium zeae, Fusarium verticillioides Zea mays de Almeida et al. (2013)
Gelatinase Alternaria alternata Asclepias sinaica Fouda et al. (2015)
Laccase Hormonema sp., Neofusicoccum sp., Monotospora sp. Eucalyptus globulus, Cynodon dactylon Fillat et al. (2016), Wang et al. (2006)
Lipase R. oryzae, Cercospora kikuchii, Lasiodiplodia theobromae F. Vulgare, Tithonia diversifolia, Cocos nucifera Torres et al. (2003), Costa-silva et al. (2011), Venkatesagowda et al. (2012)
Pectinase Pestalotiopsis sp., Alternaria alternata, Penicillium glandicola Acanthus ilicifolius, Asclepias sinaica, Opuntia ficus-indica Maria et al. (2005), Fouda et al. (2015), Bezerra et al. (2012)
Tannase A. niger, A. fumigatus Anadenanthera colubrina, Anacardium occidentale Cavalcanti et al. (2017)
Xylanase Pestalotiopsis sp., Acremonium sp., Alternaria alternata Acanthus ilicifolius, Memecylon excelsum, Asclepias sinaica Maria et al. (2005), Tasia and Melliawati (2017), Fouda et al. (2015)