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ReviewMicroorganisms2023

Sustainable Applications of Endophytic Bacteria and Their Physiological/Biochemical Roles on Medicinal and Herbal Plants: Review.

Phumudzo Patrick Tshikhudo, Khayalethu Ntushelo, Fhatuwani Nixwell Mudau

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Review in Microorganisms, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A fungal endophyte of the medicinal plant,Frontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  5. Antimicrobial activity of bacterial endophytes isolated from Aconitum nagarum Stapf ,a medicinal plant of North East Indo-Burma belt.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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  6. Investigating a newBiotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025
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  10. Unveiling the rhizosphere microbiome ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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  14. Frontiers in microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Phumudzo Patrick TshikhudoDepartment of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Directorate Plant Health, Division Pest Risk Analysis, Arcadia, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0426-0622
Khayalethu NtusheloDepartment of Agriculture and Animal Health, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6, Florida 1710, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-3413-3384
Fhatuwani Nixwell MudauSchool of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3209, South Africa.
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development · ZAUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAUniversity of South Africa · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial endophytes reside within the tissues of living plant species without causing any harm or disease to their hosts. These endophytes can be isolated, identified, characterized, and used as biofertilizers. Moreover, bacterial endophytes increase the plants' resistance against diseases, pests, and parasites, and are a promising source of pharmaceutically important bioactives. For instance, the production of antibiotics, auxins, biosurfactants, cytokinin's, ethylene, enzymes, gibberellins, nitric oxide organic acids, osmolytes, and siderophores is accredited to the existence of various bacterial strains. Thus, this manuscript intends to review the sustainable applications of endophytic bacteria to promote the growth, development, and chemical integrity of medicinal and herbal plants, as well as their role in plant physiology. The study of the importance of bacterial endophytes in the suppression of diseases in medicinal and herbal plants is crucial and a promising area of future investigation.

Indexed as

antimicrobialsnitrogen fixationphosphate solubilizationphytoremediationplant growth promotionsecondary metabolites

Identifiers

PMID36838418
PMCPMC9967847
OpenAlexW4320492226

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