Differential partitioning of seed-inhabiting methylotrophs in the endosphere of wheat plants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Both endophytes, microorganisms that reside within plants, and methylotrophs, which grow using methanol produced from plant leaves, play key roles in protecting plants against biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the source of endophytes and the mechanisms of their selection in plants are poorly understood. Therefore, experiments were carried out to identify wheat seed methylotrophic endophytes and evaluate their partitioning in root, stem and leaf of aseptic-controlled plants cultivated from surface-sterilized seeds.

Results

The counts of endophytic methanol utilizers were higher in leaf tissue than in stem, root and seed, as estimated using viable counts and qPCR targeting rrn gene. The methanol dehydrogenase subunit mxaF gene was PCR-detected in all pink-colou

SUBMITTER: Bajpai A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12817747 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature