Endophytic bacteria discovered in oil body organelles of the liverworts Marchantia polymorpha and Radula complanata.

ABSTRACT:

Premise

Interactions between endophytic microbes and bryophytes have been understudied. The liverwort oil body has also remained poorly understood since its discovery, and modern studies have failed to ascertain its function and composition. Many liverwort species possess oil bodies with conspicuous granules of unknown structure. We surveyed these granular liverwort oil bodies for the presence of bacteria to improve upon the understanding of liverworts, their oil bodies, and bacterial endophytes in nonvascular land plants.

Methods

Wild-collected specimens from living samples of Marchantia polymorpha and Radula complanata were stained with SYTO-13 and RADA to determine the presence or absence of bacteria within their oil bodies. Samples stained with calcofluor white, SYTO-13,

SUBMITTER: Young BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11928909 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature