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New and noteworthy lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi 6 [PDF]

Acta Botanica Hungarica, 2017
Eighteen new to science species, i.e.: 13 taxa from South Korea (Astroplaca loekoesiana S. Y. Kondr., E. Farkas, J.-J. Woo et J.-S. Hur, Buellia ulleungdoensis S. Y. Kondr., L. Lőkös et J.-S. Hur, Candelariella hakulinenii S. Y. Kondr., L. Lőkös et J.-S. Hur, Flavoplaca laszloana S. Y. Kondr. et J.-S. Hur, Lichenostigma epiporpidiae S. Y.
Kondratyuk, S. Y., Lőkös, L., Halda, J. P., Roux, C., Upreti, D. K., Schumm, F., Mishra, G. K., Nayaka, S., Farkas, E., Park, J. S., Lee, B. G., Liu, D., Woo, J.-J., Hur, J.-S.   +13 more
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Alpine lichen diversity in an isolated sky island in the Colorado Plateau, USA—Insight from an integrative biodiversity inventory

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Lichens are major components of high altitude/latitude ecosystems. However, accurately characterizing their biodiversity is challenging because these regions and habitats are often underexplored, there are numerous poorly known taxonomic groups, and ...
Steven D. Leavitt, Jason Hollinger, Sara Summerhays, Isaac Munger, Jonah Allen, Barb Smith   +5 more
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Ancient horizontal gene transfer from bacteria enhances biosynthetic capabilities of fungi. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2009
Polyketides are natural products with a wide range of biological functions and pharmaceutical applications. Discovery and utilization of polyketides can be facilitated by understanding the evolutionary processes that gave rise to the biosynthetic ...
Imke Schmitt, H Thorsten Lumbsch
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Fruticose Lichen Communities at the Edge: Distribution and Diversity in a Desert Sky Island on the Colorado Plateau

Conservation, 2022
Subalpine habitats in sky islands in the Southwestern USA are currently facing large-scale transformations. Lichens have widely been used as bioindicators of environmental change.
Abigail Robison, Mikele Baugh, Lucia Muggia, Steven D. Leavitt   +3 more
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In silico prediction of type I PKS gene modules in nine lichenized fungi

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021
The novel biologically active molecules could play a significant role in the treatment of human diseases. Natural products have been and continue to be a major source of pharmaceuticals, and lichen secondary metabolites emerge as never-ending potential ...
Mine Turktas Erken, Demet Cansaran-Duman, Ummugulsum Tanman   +2 more
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Identification of a lichen depside polyketide synthase gene by heterologous expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Metabolic Engineering Communications, 2021
Lichen-forming fungi produce a variety of secondary metabolites including bioactive polyketides. Advances in DNA and RNA sequencing have led to a growing database of new lichen gene clusters encoding polyketide synthases (PKS) and associated ancillary ...
James T. Kealey, James P. Craig, Philip J. Barr   +2 more
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Polyextremotolerant black fungi: oligotrophism, adaptive potential and a link to lichen symbioses

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012
Black meristematic fungi can survive high doses of radiation and are resistant to desiccation. These adaptations help them to colonize harsh oligotrophic habitats, e.g. on the surface and subsurface of rocks.
Cene eGostinčar, Cene eGostinčar, Lucia eMuggia, Martin eGrube   +3 more
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Biosynthetic Gene Content of the ‘Perfume Lichens’ Evernia prunastri and Pseudevernia furfuracea

Molecules, 2019
Lichen-forming fungi produce a vast number of unique natural products with a wide variety of biological activities and human uses. Although lichens have remarkable potential in natural product research and industry, the molecular mechanisms underlying ...
Anjuli Calchera, Francesco Dal Grande, Helge B. Bode, Imke Schmitt   +3 more
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Axenic Cultivation of Mycelium of the Lichenized Fungus, Lobaria pulmonaria (Peltigerales, Ascomycota)

Bio-Protocol, 2015
Lichens are symbiotic organisms consisting of a fungal partner (the mycobiont) and one or more algal or cyanobacterial partners (the photobiont); moreover lichen thalli comprise a plethora of epi- and endobiotic bacteria and non-lichenized fungi. Genetic
Carolina Cornejo, Christoph Scheidegger, Rosmarie Honegger   +2 more
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Photobiont Diversity in Lichen Symbioses From Extreme Environments

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Fungal–algal relationships—both across evolutionary and ecological scales—are finely modulated by the presence of the symbionts in the environments and by the degree of selectivity and specificity that either symbiont develop reciprocally.
Roberto De Carolis, Agnese Cometto, Patricia Moya, Eva Barreno, Martin Grube, Mauro Tretiach, Steven D. Leavitt, Lucia Muggia   +7 more
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