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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 +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 +3 more
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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 +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 +7 more
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Epilithic lichen biota of Cheremkha Moutain Massif (Uzhansky National Nature Park)
Біологічні студії, 2015 During field trip to the Cheremkha Mt. (Uzhansky National Nature Park, the Eastern Carpathians, Ukraine) in 2013,44 species and one subspecies of lichens and four species of lichenicolous fungi were collected.
M. Pirogov, I. Kvakovs’ka, T. Myzyuk
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 Lichen-forming fungi are symbiotic organisms that synthesize unique natural products with potential for new drug leads. Here, we explored the pharmacological activity of six lichen extracts (Evernia prunastri, Pseudevernia furfuracea, Umbilicaria ...
Rebecca Ingelfinger +20 more
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Fungal Diversity in Lichens: From Extremotolerance to Interactions with Algae
Life, 2018 Lichen symbioses develop long-living thallus structures even in the harshest environments on Earth. These structures are also habitats for many other microscopic organisms, including other fungi, which vary in their specificity and interaction with the ...
Lucia Muggia, Martin Grube
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Scientific Reports, 2021 We studied the biodiversity of Asterochloris photobionts found in Bolivian lichens to better understand their global spatial distribution and adaptation strategies in the context of a worldwide phylogeny of the genus.
Magdalena Kosecka +5 more
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New Records of Lichen-Forming Fungi from Kenya
Journal of East African Natural History, 2012 Diversity of tropical lichen-forming fungi, especially crustose lichens is currently poorly known. Since lichens are important bioindicators of air pollution, forest health, and climate change, we addressed the lichen diversity in Kenya. Our study focused on the diversity of lichen-forming fungi in the Mount Kenya montane forests, where we sampled ...
Kirika, Paul +3 more
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Lichen-forming fungi in postindustrial habitats involve alternative photobionts
Mycologia, 2020 Mycobionts of many lichen genera appear to demonstrate strong selectivity in the choice of algal partner. The biological properties of a photobiont and its availability in an environment significantly determine the habitat requirements of lichens. Flexibility in photobiont choice extends the ecological amplitude of lichens; therefore, it may constitute
Piotr Osyczka +3 more
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