Lasiodiplodia sp. ME4-2, an endophytic fungus from the floral parts of Viscum coloratum, produces indole-3-carboxylic acid and other aromatic metabolites

Table 1 GC/MS analysis of the compounds produced by ME4-2 after 6 days of incubation at 28°C in Czapek’s broth

R_t(min)	molecular mass (Da)	Possible compounds	Standards^a	Similarity (%)^b
8.95	122	2-phenylethanol	a	98
13.25	117	Indole	a	95
17.67	178	Mellein		89
22.91	145	Indole-3-carbaldehyde	a	94
24.80	161	Indole-3-carboxylic acid	a	94
34.94	204	Tryptophan	a	90
35.29	257	Cyclo-(Trp-Ala)		90

^aDenotes that the retention time and MS spectrum were identical to or closely matched those of an authentic standard compound.
^bDenotes the similarity between the mass spectrum of a secondary metabolite produced by ME4-2 and the most closely matched compound in the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) database.

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