within fungal mycelia (endohyphal bacteria) occur in many plant-associated fungi, including
diverse Mucoromycota and Dikarya. Pestalotiopsis sp. strain 9143 is a filamentous
ascomycete isolated originally as a foliar endophyte of Platycladus orientalis
(Cupressaceae). It is infected naturally with the endohyphal bacterium Luteibacter sp. strain
9143, which influences auxin and enzyme production by its fungal host. Previous studies …