Interaction of Plants and Endophytic Microorganisms: Molecular Aspects, Biological Functions, Community Composition, and Practical Applications
Aleynova O.A., Kiselev K.V.
В журналеPlants (Basel)
Год: 2023 Том: 12 Номер: 4 ArticleID: 714
Endophytes are microorganisms that live asymptomatically inside plant tissues. Plant endophytes are mainly represented by bacteria and fungi, while archaebacteria, algae, protozoa, viruses and nematodes are rarely found to be living as endophytes. Endophytes are distributed in all plant organs such as roots, stems, leaves, seeds and fruits. Endophytes have been found in every plant species that has been studied. Nearly 300,000 plant species that exist on earth are thought to be a host to one or more endophytes.
