“…It has been discovered that Trichoderma fungi are almost ubiquitous in terrestrial and aquatic environments. To date, more than one hundred new terpenes, steroids, polyketides, alkaloids, and peptides with antimicroalgal, antibacterial, antifungal, cytotoxic, and enzyme-inhibitory properties have been obtained from the marine-derived Trichoderma species Liang et al 2016Liang et al , 2019Miao et al 2012;Pang et al 2018;Shi et al 2018Shi et al , 2019Song et al 2018a, b, c, d;Su et al 2018). Among them, T. asperellum is one of the most productive species, and its isolates from marine algae and sediments have contributed a number of new terpenes and nitrogen-bearing compounds that mainly comprise menthane, bisabolane, cyclonerane, harziane, ergostane, oxazole, diketopiperazine, and peptaibol derivatives (Ren et al 2009;Shi et al 2019;Song et al 2018b, c, d).…”