Photo 1: Lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, among strawberry anemones, Corynactis californica, at Santa Rosa Island, South Point State Marine Reserve, Barbara County, California, USA. Image collected by the ROV Beagle, and operated Applied Research Exploration (MARE). credit: Dirk Rosen. 2: Yelloweye rockfish, Sebastes ruberrimus, Portuguese Ledge Monterey California. 3: wolf eel, Anarrhichthys ocell...

Endophytic microbia are known as natural sources for producing valuable enzymes. In this study, four endophytic fungi were isolated from roots of local Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don var. (purple flower) and C. ocellatus (red stamens white widely grown in Nha Trang. They identified Fusarium solani RN1, Chaetomium funicola RN3, Penicillium rugulosum RN4 homopilatum WN1 based on morphologies col...