Endophyte genomes contain greater numbers of metabolic gene clusters and mycoparasitism genes.

The average number metabolic gene clusters is significantly different between endophytic and non-endophytic Trichoderma genomes for both (A) DGCs (Wilcoxon, p ≤ 0.05) and (B) BGCs (two-sample t-test, p ≤ 0.05). There is no significant differences between the number of (C) chitinase genes for endophytic and non-endophytic Trichoderma genomes (Wilcoxon, p > 0.05). The number of mycoparasitism genes is significantly higher in (D) endophyte genomes (Wilcoxon, p ≤ 0.05). (E) The number of metabolic genes per genome were higher in endophytes than in non-endophyte genomes (two-sample t-test, p ≤ 0.05). (F) The number of metabolic genes per BGC was not significantly different between endophyte and non-endophyte genomes (two-sample t-test, p > 0.05). (PDF)