About Jewels of the Jungle Documentary

This 50 minute film deals with studies underway on endophytic microorganisms at Montana State Unversity. These microbes are found in virtually all plants and provide a new rich source of microbial processes and secondary natural products. These products can be used in medicine agriculture and industry. The biggest diversity of microbes is to be found in the world’s rainforests. Thus the film was made in forests in Australia, Peru and Bolivia.

A copy of “Jewels of the Jungle” will soon be made available to educational institutions for classroom settings on a no cost basis and information will be posted as to how the film maybe downloaded.
Please contact Gary Strobel if you have questions about the film or other questions about endophtyes and their products. He is located at Department of Plant Sciences, Ag Bioscience Bldg., Montana State University, Bozeman, Mt., 59717, USA or email at uplgs@montana.edu Studies on endophytic microorganisms are done at Montana State University at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Also, contact Gary Strobel for information on these programs.

Mr John Shier is a film maker interested in developing films in science and natural history and can be reached at the email address of JShier@sofast.net   Mr. Shier is capable of developing script information, filming and carrying all aspects of making a first class film product.

This film was sponsored in part by both the National Science Foundation and the EPSCOR program at Montana State University.