Conclusion
The results of this present analysis provide physical evidence
that the apparent inability of endophytic fungi to produce
lovastatin secondary metabolite [13] is due solely to the lack of
DNA sequences that are identical or homologous to lovastatin
gene present in lovastatin producing organism. The lack of
production of lovastatin by endophytic fungi is apparently not
due to suboptimal physiological conditions or altered regulation
of lovastatin biosynthetic pathway enzymes. Owing to the
symbiotic association with plant system, the lack of lovastatin
homologues in endophytic fungi is of considerable ecological
importance and further confirms our hypothesis that endophytic
fungi from medicinal plants appear not to produce lovastatin