Illumina-based analysis yields new insights into the diversity and composition of endophytic fungi in cultivated Huperzia serrata.

ABSTRACT: Endophytic fungi play an important role in plant growth. The composition and structure of endophytes vary in different plant tissues, which are specific habitats for endophyte colonization. To analyze the diversity and structural composition of endophytic fungi from toothed clubmoss (Huperzia serrata) that was artificially cultivated for 3 years, we investigated endophytic fungi from the roots, stems and leaves using comparative sequence analysis of the ITS2 region of the fungal rRNA genes sequenced with high-throughput sequencing technology. Seven fungal phyla were identified, and fungal diversity and structure varied across different tissues, with the most distinctive community features found in the roots. A total of 555 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were detected, and 198 were comm

SUBMITTER: Fan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7676737 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature