Highlights•Secondary metabolites are small, bioactive molecules that function in fungal
ecology.•Genomic sequencing has revealed greater diversity of secondary metabolite …

Fungi are among the most successful eukaryotes on Earth: they have evolved strategies to
survive in the most diverse environments and stressful conditions and have been selected …

Nuclei of arbuscular endomycorrhizal fungi have been described as highly diverse due to
their asexual nature and absence of a single cell stage with only one nucleus. This has …

Ceriporia lacerata is an endophytic white-rot fungus that has lignocellulolytic and terpenoid-
biosynthetic abilities. However, little is known about the genomic architecture of this fungus …

Great progress has been made in the recent years in the endophytic fungal research. The
classification and definition of endophytes have been revisited, as the complex community …

Members of the Phialocephala fortinii sensu lato–Acephala applanata species complex
(PAC) are the dominant root endophytes of woody plants in temperate and boreal forests. In …

The root endophyte community of the grass species Elymus repens was investigated using
both a culture-dependent approach and a direct amplicon sequencing method across five …

Bacteria of the Paenibacillus genus are becoming important in many fields of science,
including agriculture, for their positive effects on the health of plants. However, there are little …

Many obligate symbiotic fungi are difficult to maintain in culture, and there is a growing need
for alternative approaches to obtaining tissue and subsequent genomic assemblies from …

The tremendous potential of the plant microbiome to improve plant growth and production
means that microbes are in the process of becoming an everyday tool in agronomic …