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BMC MicrobiologyBackground Lichens, traditionally considered as a simple partnership primarily between mycobiont and photobiont, are, in reality, complex holobionts comprised of a multitude of microorganisms.
Jiho Yang +8 more
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Estimation of lichen biomass with emphasis on reindeer winter pastures at Hardangervidda, S Norway
Rangifer, 2014 Quantification of lichen abundance is important for management of reindeer populations. We measured dry lichen biomass in 876 micro plots (16.5 cm × 16.5 cm) systematically sampled within 219 vegetation plots (2 m × 2 m) from 7 different areas in S ...
Arvid Odland +3 more
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Mycobiology, 2019 Most of lichens are formed by Ascomycota, less than 1% are lichenized Basidiomycota. The flora investigation of lichenized Ascomycota of South Korea has been well studied in the past three decades; however, prior to this study, none of basidiolichens was
Dong Liu +4 more
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Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition), 2010 Lichen sclerosus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease that is highly bothersome for men and women of all ages. The exact etiology is unknown, although genetic and autoimmune factors, as well as infections, have been implicated in its pathogenesis. First-line treatment is highly potent topical corticosteroid therapy for short periods. Surgery
V, Monsálvez, R, Rivera, F, Vanaclocha
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Photoprotective Properties of Natural Pulvinic Acid Derivatives toward Ultraviolet-Induced Damages
International Journal of Secondary Metabolite, 2018 Pulvinic acid derivatives are considered as worthy to be evaluated as skin protection factor toward ultraviolet-induced damages because of their colors and locations in lichens.
Mehmet Varol
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Metabolomic Approach in Anticancer Biomarker Discovery from Foliose Lichens [PDF]
Advanced Pharmaceutical BulletinPurpose: Lichens are well-known as a source of pharmacologically active compounds. This includes anticancer compounds which have biomass constraints including using traditional techniques of lichen bioprospecting.
Chintya Permata Zahky Sukrisno Putri +6 more
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Textual Practice, 2019 Abstract: ‘Notes on “Lichen”’ develops a lichenised homage to Susan Sontag’s ‘Notes on “Camp”’, rewilding Sontag’s essay to suggest a poetics of Lichen, a poetics associated symbiotically with the manifestos of Donna Haraway. This Lichen poetics engages with questions of symbiosis and solidarity, mutualism and collective voicing, sketching the turn ...
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Molecules, 2018 Lichens produce various unique chemicals that are used in the pharmaceutical industry. To screen for novel lichen secondary metabolites that inhibit the stemness potential of colorectal cancer cells, we tested acetone extracts of 11 lichen samples ...
Yi Yang +11 more
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MycobiologyFoliicolous or leaf-dwelling lichens are mostly found in (sub-)tropical rainforests; due to their sensibility to environmental changes, they may serve as biological indicators for rainforest ecosystems.
Jung-Jae Woo +4 more
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