TY - JOUR
T1 - The hidden world within plants
T2 - Ecological and evolutionary considerations for defining functioning of microbial endophytes
AU - Hardoim, Pablo R.
AU - Van Overbeek, Leonard S.
AU - Berg, Gabriele
AU - Pirttilä, Anna Maria
AU - Compant, Stéphane
AU - Campisano, Andrea
AU - Döring, Matthias
AU - Sessitsch, Angela
PY - 2015/9/1
Y1 - 2015/9/1
N2 - All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial, archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles play crucial roles in plant development, growth, fitness, and diversification. The increasing awareness of and information on endophytes provide insight into the complexity of the plant microbiome. The nature of plant-endophyte interactions ranges from mutualism to pathogenicity. This depends on a set of abiotic and biotic factors, including the genotypes of plants and microbes, environmental conditions, and the dynamic network of interactions within the plant biome. In this review, we address the concept of endophytism, considering the latest insights into evolution, plant ecosystem functioning, and multipartite interactions.
AB - All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial, archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles play crucial roles in plant development, growth, fitness, and diversification. The increasing awareness of and information on endophytes provide insight into the complexity of the plant microbiome. The nature of plant-endophyte interactions ranges from mutualism to pathogenicity. This depends on a set of abiotic and biotic factors, including the genotypes of plants and microbes, environmental conditions, and the dynamic network of interactions within the plant biome. In this review, we address the concept of endophytism, considering the latest insights into evolution, plant ecosystem functioning, and multipartite interactions.
U2 - 10.1128/MMBR.00050-14
DO - 10.1128/MMBR.00050-14
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940558703
SN - 1092-2172
VL - 79
SP - 293
EP - 320
JO - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
JF - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
IS - 3
ER -