ENDOPHYTES ARE TO BE FOUND IN VIRTUALLY EVERY PLANT ON EARTH. THESE MICROORGANISMS RESIDE IN THE LIVING TISSUES OF THE HOST PLANT AND DO SO IN A VARIETY OF RELATIONSHIP, RANGING FROM SYMBIOTIC TO SLIGHTLY PATHOGENIC. BECAUSE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE HOST PLANT, THE ENDOPHYTES MAY PRODUCE A PLETHORA OF SUBSTANCE OF POTENTIAL USE TO MODERN MEDICINE, AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY. …