Isolation and identification of endophytes During this investigation, 121 A. inebrians root segments, 60 leaf segments, and 33 seed segments were incubated, and 89 bacterial iso- lates and 2 fungal isolates were obtained. From all the isolates, 9 bacterial species, 2 fungal species, and 1 actinomycete species were identified (Figure 1). The 2 fungal iso- lates were characterized as Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul. (Hypocreales: Clavicipita- ceae) and Chaetomium globosum Kunze ex Fr. (Sordariales: Chaetomiaceae). The endo- phytic actinomycete isolate was characterized as Streptomyces rochei Berger et al. (Actino- mycetales: Streptomycetaceae). At the genus level of endophytes, Bacillus subtilis (Ehren- berg) Cohn (Bacillales: Bacillaceae) was the bacterium most frequently isolated in the A. inebrians and accounted for 58.4% of the total number of endophytic bacteria. Species of en- dophytic bacteria were most abundant in leaf tissues.