All plants in natural ecosystems appear to be symbiotic with fungal endophytes. This highly
diverse group of fungi can have profound impacts on plant communities through increasing …

Endophytes are microorganisms that live within plant tissues without causing symptoms of
disease. They are important components of plant microbiomes. Endophytes interact with …

Endophytic fungi are symptomless internal inhabits of plant tissues. They are implicated in
the production of antibiotic and other compounds of therapeutic importance. Ecologically …

Every plant species examined to date harbors endophytic fungi within its asymptomatic
aerial tissues, such that endophytes represent a ubiquitous, yet cryptic, component of …

Terrestrial plants including forest trees are generally known to live in close association with
microbial organisms. The inherent features of this close association can be commensalism …

The interiors of plants are colonized by diverse microorganisms that are referred to as
endophytes. Endophytes have received much attention over the past few decades, yet many …

Fungal endophytes are found in asymptomatic photosynthetic tissues of all major lineages of
land plants. The ubiquity of these cryptic symbionts is clear, but the scale of their diversity …

• Premise of the study: Endophytic and endolichenic fungi occur in healthy tissues of plants
and lichens, respectively, playing potentially important roles in the ecology and evolution of …

Fungal endophytes are ubiquitous fungi that inhabit healthy plant tissues without causing
disease. Endophytes have been found in every plant species examined to date and may be …

To microbes, land plants present a complex, spatially and temporally diverse ecological
habitat. Symbiotic associations between microorganisms and plants are ancient and …