The green lineage (Viridiplantae) comprises the green algae and their descendants the land
plants, and is one of the major groups of oxygenic photosynthetic eukaryotes. Current …

Green microalgae, and Chlorophyta in particular, are considered as a renewable source of
valuable chemicals for biofuel, nutraceutical or pharmaceutical industries, among others …

Integrative taxonomy is an approach for defining species and genera by taking phylogenetic,
morphological, physiological, and ecological data into account. This approach is appropriate …

Nuclear activities generate radioactive elements which require processes for their
decontamination. Although biological remediation has proved to be efficient in industrial …

Life can thrive in extreme environments where inhospitable conditions prevail. Organisms
which resist, for example, acidity, pressure, low or high temperature, have been found in …

Endosymbiosis is a central and much studied process in the evolution of eukaryotes. While
plastid evolution in eukaryotic algae has been extensively studied, much less is known …

The fungus Schizoxylon albescens occurs both as lichen and as saprobe. Lichenized
colonies grow on the bark of Populus tremula; saprotrophic morphs grow on dead Populus …

Lichen symbiosis is centered around a relationship between a fungus and a photosynthetic
microbe, usually a green alga. In addition to their main photosynthetic partner (the …

The genus Coccomyxa comprises green microalgae, which can be found worldwide in
remarkably versatile aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems including symbiotic associations …

We present a synopsis of studies reporting the free-living occurrence of green algal lichen
symbionts. We give an overview of all known lichen photobiont genera together with …