Utility of Endophytes for the Enhancement of Biofuel Production

The need for biofuel is growing with the tenacity of reducing greenhouse gaseous emission leading to deviations in climate and global warming effect. For worldwide constancy, commercial affluence, and quality of life a clean energy sources like microbial fuels could be an alternative substitute to that of fossil fuels. These biofuels are safe, renewable and reduce green-house gas emissions. Microorganisms in such platform is useful as they do not involve land for cultivation, do not strive for food production and these can be cultured easily under laboratory conditions. Altogether, plants in nature hold endophytes and it is essential to comprehend their biodiversity and role in the host plants. These endophytic microbes’ mainly fungal endophytes are considered, to be a treasure of structurally and biologically exceptional natural products. Most of these compounds are those formed by their corresponding host plants as well and henceforth for the construction of equivalent compounds, endophytes from the host plants are valuable. Endophytic fungi possess a suitable lipid matrix at high concentrations and volatile organic compounds containing resemblance with conventional diesel fuel that make them promising sources for next generation biofuels.