title: Plant growth-promoting bacterial endophytes.
abstract: Bacterial endophytes ubiquitously colonize the internal tissues of plants, being found in nearly every plant worldwide. Some endophytes are able to promote the growth of plants. For those strains the mechanisms of plant growth-promotion known to be employed by bacterial endophytes are similar to the mechanisms used by rhizospheric bacteria, e.g., the acquisition of resources needed for plant growth and modulation of plant growth and development. Similar to rhizospheric plant growth-promoting bacteria, endophytic plant growth-promoting bacteria can act to facilitate plant growth in agriculture, horticulture and silviculture as well as in strategies for environmental cleanup (i.e., phytoremediation). Genome comparisons between bacterial endophytes and the genomes of rhizospheric plant growth-promoting bacteria are starting to unveil potential genetic factors involved in an endophytic lifestyle, which should facilitate a better understanding of the functioning of bacterial endophytes.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Ciudad Universitaria, Edificio A1',Morelia, Michoacán 58030, Mexico. Electronic address: gsantoyo@umich.mx.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santoyo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moreno-Hagelsieb
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada.
authors.forename: Ma del Carmen
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Orozco-Mosqueda
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada.
authors.forename: Bernard R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Glick
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D060026:Endophytes / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D012987:Soil
keywords: ACC deaminase; Bacterial genomes; Endophytes; Phytoremediation; Plant growth-promotion