An Endophytic Nodulisporium sp. Producing Volatile Organic Compounds Having Bioactivity and Fuel Potential

Morgan Tess Mends^1#, Eizadora Yu^2#, Gary A Strobel^1*, Syed Riyaz-Ul- Hassan^1,7, Eric Booth¹, Brad Geary³, Joe Sears⁴, Craig A Taatjes⁵ and Masood Z Hadi^2,6

¹Department of Plant Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 59717, USA

²Biomass Conversion Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, 94551, USA

³Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 84602, USA

⁴Center for Lab Services/RJ Lee Group, 2710 North 20th Ave., Pasco, Washington, 99301, USA

⁵Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California, 94551, USA

⁶Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, California, 94608, USA

⁷Microbial Biotechnology Division, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR), Canal Road, Jammu-180 001, India

^#Contributed equally to this work