endophyte in English

noun
1
a plant, especially a fungus, that lives inside another plant.
It is a type of fungus called an endophyte that lives inside the kernels of corn plants, neither harming nor benefiting its host.

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1. The Actinomycetous nature of the endophyte was confirmed

2. Root Endophyte Colletotrichum tofieldiae Confers Plant Fitness Benefits that Are Phosphate Status Dependent

3. Were inoculated with suspensions of crushed nodules or cultures of the Actinomycetous endophyte of Comp- tonia

4. The actinomycete-like endophyte penetrated through the host cell wall and became enveloped by a capsular material (0.1 μm), the whole being enclosed by host membranes.

5. Fungi previously recorded as plant pathogens dominated the endophyte community of leaves (Gnomonia setacea, Gnomoniella tubaeformis, and Septoria alni) but were only minor components of the fungal population of twigs (Melanconis alni and a Nectria species). Abundance of each fungus species and the species composition depended on the plant organ sampled and collection site.