Characterization of some Endophytic fungi Isolated from some halophytes

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

2 Research Institute of Plant Pathology, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt

3 Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura - 35516, Egypt

Abstract

Endophytic fungi are widely present in internal plant tissues and provide different benefits to their host. Halophytes have unexplored diversity of functional fungal association; therefore this work aimed to isolate and identify some endophytic fungi  present in certain halophytes growing in coastal regions of the Mediterranean Sea during April 2022. In the present work, ten isolated fungal endophytes belonging to Ascomycota and Mucoromycota with six different genera, Penicillium, Alternaria, Fusarium, Cladosporium, Mucor and Aspergillus, were obtained from healthy selected four halophytes. These fungal endophytes have unique appearance in colony unit on agar media which range from dark to white. The colonies that are produced by various species of fungi  have  irregular or failamentous in form. The isolated endophytic fungi were elevated or nmbonate in terms of elevation, and their margins were curled, whole, lobate, and filiform. The findings are important because isolated fungal species can effectively promote plant development in environments under stress.

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Mansoura Journal of Biology
Volume 63, Issue 2
June 2023
Pages 23-26

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