Endophytic Bacterial and Fungal Communities of Spruce Picea jezoensis in the Russian Far East

A wide range of microorganisms, including endophytes, frequently interact with forest trees. The role of endophytes in industrial conifers has not been fully investigated. The Yezo spruce Picea jezoensis is widely used for logging in Russia and Japan. In this work, the endophytic community of bacteria and fungi in healthy needles, branches and shavings of P. jezoensis from Primorsky Territory and Sakhalin Island was analysed using cultivation-dependent method and metagenomic analysis of 16S and ITS1 sequences.