Abstract
Endophytes have been known for more than a century and recent studies highlighted their endless potentialities in plant growth promotion through several direct and indirect mechanisms. Competent microbial endophytes have been acknowledged in several fields including medicine, industry, pharmacology, bioremediation, and phytoremediation of pollutants due to their safe handling and environment-friendly effects. Modern genomic approaches are considered an effective tool to get a better knowledge of the microbial modes of action. This chapter focuses on endophytes taxonomic affinities and lifestyle, their plant growth-promoting mechanisms, their applications as well as the potential of emerging “omic” tools including genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomics, and proteomics to shed the light on the wealth of their genomic and metabolic potentialities.
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