Seed endophyte characterization of Argania spinosa

The aim of this study was to compare the bacterial and fungal endophyte communities associated with argan seeds collected from six sites across Morocco using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and ITS2 regions, respectively. Bacterial DNA was extracted from surface-sterilized seeds and amplified using universal primers, while fungal DNA was isolated directly from seeds. Bioinformatic analysis of sequencing data identified taxonomic profiles at the phylum to genus levels.