Endophytic fungal communities of Calicotome spinosa-an important medicinal plant of Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria).

ABSTRACT: Endophytic fungi enhance plant growth and improve tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress. Calicotome spinosa is an important medicinal plant that occupies the area of Tizi-Ouzou and is considered a nonflammable plant that maintains this ecosystem and regenerates degraded substrates. However, the knowledge about the endogenous fungal assembly of C. spinosa remains underexplored. Therefore, this study aimed to isolate and determine the fungal communities inhabiting the C. spinosa leaves endosphere using morphological and molecular identification methods. Morphological identification revealed the presence of Alternaria, Cladosporium, Mucor, Neoscytalidium, Rhizoctonia, Rhodotorula, Phoma, Penicillium, and Trichophyton genera. Molecular analysis of the selected phylogenetic markers' nucleotide

SUBMITTER: Zareb A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12367884 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature