Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (8): 30-34.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.08.005

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Research Advances in the Studies of Plant Entophytic

Chen Long, Liang Zining, Zhu Hua   

  1. Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Nanning 530001
  • Received:2014-11-19 Online:2015-08-21 Published:2015-08-22

Abstract: Entophyte is a kind of micro living organism that lives within a plant for at least a certain period of its life without causing apparent symptoms of disease to the plant. The studies found out that it mainly includes entophytic bacteria, entophytic fungi, and entophytic actinomycetes. Entophyte can produce active substances similar to that of the host plant, which thereby broadens the medicinal resources and correspondingly have a great application value. The authors summarize the following aspects: the distribution patterns and growing characteristics of entophyte, its symbiotic relationship with the host plant, its research fields and current situation of development, together with existing problems. Also, authors forecast the prospects of entophytes utilized in the development of medicinal resources.

Key words: plant entophyte, symbiotic relationship with the host plant, bioactivity, research field