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Lichens
Lichenized fungi initiate their symbiotic structures from microscopic stages after recognition of compatible algae. The partnerships ultimately emerge as complex macroscopic phenotypes which are unrivaled in t...
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Open AccessTackling fungal diversity in lichen symbioses: molecular and morphological data recognize new lineages in Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes, Ascomycota)
Lichens have been reappraised as self-sustaining and long-living ecosystems in which a multiplicity of microorganisms are housed, in addition to the main symbiotic partners. Lichen-associated microfungi can fr...
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Open AccessSequence data from isolated lichen-associated melanized fungi enhance delimitation of two new lineages within Chaetothyriomycetidae
Lichen thalli provide a long-lived and stable habitat for colonization by a wide range of microorganisms. Increased interest in these lichen-associated microbial communities has revealed an impressive diversit...
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The Bacterial Community of the Foliose Macro-lichen Peltigera frigida Is More than a Mere Extension of the Microbiota of the Subjacent Substrate
Lichens host highly diverse microbial communities, with bacteria being one of the most explored groups in terms of their diversity and functioning. These bacteria could partly originate from symbiotic propagul...
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Open AccessAntimicrobial-specific response from resistance gene carriers studied in a natural, highly diverse microbiome
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to public health. Microorganisms equipped with AMR genes are suggested to have partially emerged from natural habitats; however, this hypothesis remains inconcl...
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Open AccessThe beauty and the yeast: can the microalgae Dunaliella form a borderline lichen with Hortaea werneckii?
Lichenized fungi usually develop complex, stratified morphologies through an intricately balanced living together with their algal partners, but several species are known to form only more or less loose associ...
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Open AccessEnterobacteriaceae dominate the core microbiome and contribute to the resistome of arugula (Eruca sativa Mill.)
Arugula is a traditional medicinal plant and popular leafy green today. It is mainly consumed raw in the Western cuisine and known to contain various bioactive secondary metabolites. However, arugula has been ...
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Extremotolerant Black Fungi from Rocks and Lichens
Fungi with dark-coloured cells and mycelia—also known as black fungi—form a ubiquitous fraction of microbial communities on rock surfaces and often occur on rock-inhabiting lichens as well. The diversity and l...
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Open AccessConsiderations and consequences of allowing DNA sequence data as types of fungal taxa
Nomenclatural type definitions are one of the most important concepts in biological nomenclature. Being physical objects that can be re-studied by other researchers, types permanently link taxonomy (an artific...
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Open AccessDeciphering functional diversification within the lichen microbiota by meta-omics
Recent evidence of specific bacterial communities extended the traditional concept of fungal-algal lichen symbioses by a further organismal kingdom. Although functional roles were already assigned to dominant ...
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Open AccessAccuracy of commercial kits and published primer pairs for the detection of periodontopathogens
Despite the input of microbiome research, a group of 20 bacteria continues to be the focus of periodontal diagnostics and therapy. The aim of this study was to compare three commercial kits and laboratory-deve...
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Open AccessHigh Life Expectancy of Bacteria on Lichens
Self-sustaining lichen symbioses potentially can become very old, sometimes even thousands of years in nature. In the joint structures, algal partners are sheltered between fungal structures that are externall...
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Hidden diversity of marine borderline lichens and a new order of fungi: Collemopsidiales (Dothideomyceta)
The fungal genus Collemopsidium comprises species that develop so-called borderline lichen symbioses with algae or cyanobacteria. Together with morphologically similar pyrenocarpous fungi it has been assigned to ...
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Towards a revised generic classification of lecanoroid lichens (Lecanoraceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological and chemical evidence
The phylogenetic relationship of lecanoroid lichens is studied using two data sets: 1) a 2-locus data set including 251 OTUs representing 150 species, and 2) a 6-locus data set with 82 OTUs representing 53 spe...
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Flechten-Mikrobiom: eine alte Symbiose neu entdeckt
Symbioses represent a frequent and successful lifestyle on Earth. Recently, bacterial communities were identified as stable, specific, and structurally integrated partners of the classical lichen symbiosis. We...
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Physarum, Quo Vadis?
In the recent years, computer scientists have been inspired by biological systems for computational approaches, in particularly with respect to complex optimization and decision problems. Nature provides a wea...
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Bacteria and Non-lichenized Fungi Within Biological Soil Crusts
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are found in a broad range of climatic zones as components of open vegetation. In addition to photosynthetically active and N-fixing Cyanobacteria, heterotrophic bacteria and...
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Structure, Composition, and Function of Biocrust Lichen Communities
In this chapter we examine the structure, composition, and function of soil biocrust (i.e., biological soil crust) communities dominated by lichens. Lichens are composite organisms resulting from a symbiotic r...
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Lichens as natural sources of biotechnologically relevant bacteria
The search for microorganisms from novel sources and in particular microbial symbioses represents a promising approach in biotechnology. In this context, lichens have increasingly become a subject of research ...
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9 Lichen–Bacterial Interactions
Lichens, generally known as a fungal lifestyle with tight integration of algal partners in a joint structure, are classic examples of self-sustained symbioses. More recently, the associations of bacterial comm...
