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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Properties of Lichen Substances against Plant Pathogens [PDF]
The Plant Pathology Journal, 2022 Plant pathogens pose major threats on agriculture and horticulture, causing significant economic loss worldwide. Due to the continuous and excessive use of synthetic pesticides, emergence of pesticide resistant pathogens has become more frequent.
Jaycee A. Paguirigan +4 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2021 Despite the fascinating biology of lichens, such as the symbiotic association of lichen-forming fungi (mycobiont) with their photosynthetic partners and their ability to grow in harsh habitats, lack of genetic tools manipulating mycobiont has hindered ...
Rundong Liu +4 more
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Environmental Microbiome, 2023 Background Lichens are symbiotic organisms composed of a fungus and a photosynthetic partner, which are key ecological bioindicators due to their sensitivity to environmental changes.
Jiho Yang +4 more
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Fungal community inside lichen: a curious case of sparse diversity and high modularity
Environmental Microbiome, 2023 Background Lichens represent not only the mutualism of fungal and photosynthetic partners but also are composed of microbial consortium harboring diverse fungi known as endolichenic fungi.
Jiho Yang +4 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2021 Endolichenic fungi (ELF) are emerging novel bioresources because their diverse secondary metabolites have a wide range of biological activities. Metagenomic analysis of lichen thalli demonstrated that the conventional isolation method of ELF covers a ...
Ji Ho Yang +5 more
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Journal of Fungi, 2021 Lichens are prolific producers of natural products of polyketide origin. We previously described a culture of lichen-forming fungus (LFF) Cladonia macilenta that produces biruloquinone, a purple pigment that is a phenanthraquinone rarely found in nature.
Wonyong Kim +3 more
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Mycobiology, 2022 The new genus and species, Jejulea byssolomoides, is described from Jeju Island, Korea. This lichen is characterized by saxicolous, crustose, pale greenish-gray, partly finely filamentous, matt, smooth thallus, prominent convex brown to dark brown ...
Josef P. Halda +5 more
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Lichen as Bioindicators: Assessing their Response to Heavy Metal Pollution in Their Native Ecosystem
Mycobiology, 2023 Lichens play crucial roles in the ecosystems, contributing to soil formation and nutrient cycling, and being used in biomonitoring efforts to assess the sustainability of ecosystems including air quality.
Jiho Yang, Soon-Ok Oh, Jae-Seoun Hur
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Production and Activity of Cristazarin in the Lichen-Forming Fungus Cladonia metacorallifera
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Lichens are a natural source of bioactive compounds. Cladonia metacorallifera var. reagens KoLRI002260 is a rare lichen known to produce phenolic compounds, such as rhodocladonic, thamnolic, and didymic acids.
Min-Hye Jeong +6 more
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Molecular systematics and species distribution of foliose lichens in the Gulf of Thailand mangroves with emphasis on Dirinaria picta species complex [PDF]
Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2020 Extensive surveys of mangrove foliose lichens in Caliciaceae and Physciaceae on the Gulf of Thailand revealed eight species of the genera Dirinaria, Physcia, and Pyxine.
Achariya Rangsiruji +7 more
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