Community Profiling of Seed Endophytes from the Pb-Zn Hyperaccumulator Noccaea caerulescens and Their Plant Growth Promotion Potential

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 3; p. 643
• Main Authors: Langill, Tori, Jorissen, Lambert-Paul, Oleńska, Ewa, Wójcik, Małgorzata, Vangronsveld, Jaco, Thijs, Sofie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.02.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Bacteria; Biomass; community profiling; Community structure; Endophytes; Flowers & plants; Germination; growth promotion; Heavy metals; Microbiomes; Noccaea caerulescens; Pathogens; Pb-Zn hyperaccumulator; Plant growth; seed endophytes; Seed germination; Seeds; Taxonomy; Zinc; Belgium; growth promotion; community profiling; Noccaea caerulescens; seed endophytes; Pb-Zn hyperaccumulator

Endophytes within plants are known to be crucial for plant fitness, and while their presence and functions in many compartments have been studied in depth, the research on seed endophytes is still limited. This work aimed to characterize the seed endophytic and rhizospheric bacterial community of tw...