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10 - Life Within the Leaf: Ecology and Applications of Foliar Bacterial Endophytes

from Part III - Diversity and Community Ecology of Endophytes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2019

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C. Ruth McNees ,
Isaac V. Greenhut ,
Audrey D. Law ,
Muhammad Saleem  and
Luke A. Moe
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Trevor R. Hodkinson ,
Fiona M. Doohan ,
Matthew J. Saunders  and
Brian R. Murphy
Trevor R. Hodkinson
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Fiona M. Doohan
Affiliation:
University College Dublin
Matthew J. Saunders
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Brian R. Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
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Endophytic bacteria have evolved to survive within plant leaf tissue while potentially providing benefits to their host. This relationship makes them uniquely applicable as agricultural biocontrol agents, sources of natural chemicals/products, plant growth promoters and mediators of phytoremediation. Foliar bacterial endophytes colonise leaf tissue through vertical transmission (i.e. through seed or pollen) or horizontal transmission (i.e. colonisation through environmental contact of the roots, wounds, stomatal infiltration, insect vectors, and airborne dispersal). The taxonomic diversity of foliar endophytes spans at least seven bacterial classes and they occupy hosts from all taxanomic groups of plants tested. Bacterial leaf endophytes can promote plant health by stimulating and producing plant hormones for growth and preventing pathogenic infection. Plant-pathogenic bacteria can be found residing within leaf tissue asymptomatically raising questions about the relationship between endophyte–host specificity. Similarly, human pathogenic enterobacteria not usually associated with plants have been found to persist as endophytes. Bioactive secondary metabolites produced by these endophytes have been broadly applicable as antifungals, antibiotics, and other compounds used for agricultural and human health. Endophyte research carries unique challenges that require novel and adaptive strategies for separation of plant and bacterial DNA. This chapter will focus on bacteria isolated from within plant leaf tissue with a focus on transmission, diversity, function and challenges associated bacterial leaf endophyte research.

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Endophytes for a Growing World , pp. 208 - 231
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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