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Diversity of endophytes associated with the medicinal plant Pulicaria crispa

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Microbial ecology

Abstract

Pulicaria crispa is a medicinal and aromatic plant that is distributed around the world, particularly in arid and sub-tropical regions. It has been widely utilized in the treatment of a variety of diseases since ancient times. In this study, a remarkable variety of endophytic fungi and bacteria were isolated from different parts of P. crispa. Fourteen endophytic fungal species belonging to seven genera (Cladosporium, Chaetomium, Volutella, Emericella, Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Ulocladium) were recorded. The relative abundance of genus Aspergillus was 40.5% (recorded the highest count of genera). Volutella ciliata registered the highest fungal species count with a relative abundance of 16.2%. Five bacterial species belonging to the genus Bacillus including Bacillus sianensis, B. safensis, B. subtilis, B. altitudinis, and B. vallismortis were isolated. B. sianensis which colonized roots represented the highest relative abundance percent (32 %). This is the first study of the microbes' diversity inside the tissue of the medicinal plant P. crispa.

DOI

10.21608/aujes.2024.263430.1211

Keywords

diversity, Endophytes, Pulicaria crispa, fungi, Bacteria

Authors

First Name

Hager

Last Name

Ahmed

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Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt

Email

hager.ahemd95@gmail.com

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First Name

Noura

Last Name

Hagaggi

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-

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt

Email

nourasharkawi@sci.aswu.edu.eg

City

Aswan

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First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Abdel-Motaal

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan 81528, Egypt

Email

fatma.fahry@aswu.edu.eg

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-

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Volume

5

Article Issue

2

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48621

Issue Date

2024-06-01

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2024-01-20

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

116

Page End

126

Print ISSN

2735-4229

Online ISSN

2735-4237

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/article_361623.html

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Original Research

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1,615

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Journal

Publication Title

Aswan University Journal of Environmental Studies

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https://aujes.journals.ekb.eg/

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Diversity of endophytes associated with the medicinal plant Pulicaria crispa

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Created At

28 Dec 2024