Ethnobotany and the role of plant natural products in antibiotic drug discovery

G Porras, F Chassagne, JT Lyles, L Marquez… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The crisis of antibiotic resistance necessitates creative and innovative approaches, from
chemical identification and analysis to the assessment of bioactivity. Plant natural products …

The role of plant growth-promoting bacteria in alleviating the adverse effects of drought on plants

K Abdelaal, M AlKahtani, K Attia, Y Hafez, L Király… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Among abiotic stress factors, drought is one of the most detrimental factors
in arid and semiarid regions, causing a significant decrease in plant growth and yield in …

Untapped potentials of endophytic fungi: A review of novel bioactive compounds with biological applications

MC Manganyi, CN Ateba - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last century, endophytic fungi have gained tremendous attention due to their ability
to produce novel bioactive compounds exhibiting varied biological properties and are …

Induction of abiotic stress tolerance in plants by endophytic microbes

R Lata, S Chowdhury, SK Gond… - Letters in applied …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Endophytes are micro‐organisms including bacteria and fungi that survive within healthy
plant tissues and promote plant growth under stress. This review focuses on the potential of …

Endophytes: a treasure house of bioactive compounds of medicinal importance

S Gouda, G Das, SK Sen, HS Shin… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Endophytes are an endosymbiotic group of microorganisms that colonize in plants and
microbes that can be readily isolated from any microbial or plant growth medium. They act …

The hidden world within plants: ecological and evolutionary considerations for defining functioning of microbial endophytes

PR Hardoim, LS Van Overbeek, G Berg… - Microbiology and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial,
archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles …

A friendly relationship between endophytic fungi and medicinal plants: a systematic review

M Jia, L Chen, HL Xin, CJ Zheng, K Rahman… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Endophytic fungi or endophytes exist widely inside the healthy tissues of living plants, and
are important components of plant micro-ecosystems. Over the long period of evolution …

Endophytic microbes: biodiversity, plant growth-promoting mechanisms and potential applications for agricultural sustainability

KL Rana, D Kour, T Kaur, R Devi, AN Yadav… - Antonie Van …, 2020 - Springer
Endophytic microbes are known to live asymptomatically inside their host throughout
different stages of their life cycle and play crucial roles in the growth, development, fitness …

Endophytic fungi as biocontrol agents: elucidating mechanisms in disease suppression

MAC Latz, B Jensen, DB Collinge… - Plant Ecology & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Fungal endophytes occur ubiquitously in plants and are being increasingly
studied for their ability to support plant health and protect the host from diseases. Using …

Fungal endophytes: modifiers of plant disease

PE Busby, M Ridout, G Newcombe - Plant molecular biology, 2016 - Springer
Many recent studies have demonstrated that non-pathogenic fungi within plant microbiomes,
ie, endophytes (“endo”= within,“phyte”= plant), can significantly modify the expression of …