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Descriptor English: Endophytes
Descriptor Spanish: Endófitos
Descriptor endófitos
Entry term(s) endófito
organismo endófito
Scope note: Un endosimbionte que puede ser bacteria u hongo que habita parte de su vida en una planta. Los endófitos pueden beneficiar a las plantas huésped mediante la prevención de los organismos patógenos que las colonizan.
Descriptor Portuguese: Endófitos
Descriptor French: Endophytes
Entry term(s): Endophyte
Endophytic Organism
Tree number(s): B05.237
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060026
Scope note: An endosymbiont that is either a bacterium or fungus living part of its life in a plant. Endophytes can benefit host plants by preventing pathogenic organisms from colonizing them.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Related: Symbiosis MeSH
DeCS ID: 54463
Unique ID: D060026
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Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Endophytes - Preferred
Concept UI M0552572
Scope note An endosymbiont that is either a bacterium or fungus living part of its life in a plant. Endophytes can benefit host plants by preventing pathogenic organisms from colonizing them.
Preferred term Endophytes
Entry term(s) Endophyte
Endophytic Organism



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