Endophyte
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An endophyte is an endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease. Endophytes are ubiquitous and have been fo
Transmission electron microscope image of a cross section through a soybean (Glycine max) root nodule. The nitrogen fixing bacteria, and fungi Bradyrhizobium japonicum, infects the roots and establishes a symbiosis. This high magnification image shows part of a cell with single bacteroid (bacterium-like cell or modified bacterial cell) within their symbiosomes. In this image, you can also see endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and cell wall.
Grass sheath and blade tissues containing endophytic fungal thread
Pestalotiopsis microspora
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Pestalotiopsis microspora is a species of endophytic fungus capable of breaking down and digesting polyurethane. It was first described from Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1880 by mycologist Carlo Luigi S
Endophyte
…was not statistically significant. Despite these failures, such techniques might lead to some future improvements. Two strains of the endophytic fungi Pestalotiopsis microspora isolated from stems of plants from the Ecuadorian rainforest were shown in laboratory experiments to be able to digest polyurethane plastic as the…
Pestalotiopsis microspora G.C. Zhao & N. Li