Lichens represent self-supporting symbioses, which occur in a wide range of terrestrial
habitats and which contribute significantly to mineral cycling and energy flow at a global …

Stable, long-term interactions between fungi and algae or cyanobacteria, collectively known
as lichens, have repeatedly evolved complex architectures with little resemblance to their …

The purpose of this announcement is to effect the valid publication of the following effectively
published new names and new combinations under the procedure described in the …

Lichens are valuable models in symbiosis research and promising sources of biosynthetic
genes for biotechnological applications. Most lichenized fungi grow slowly, resist …

Snow is the largest component of the cryosphere, with its cover and distribution rapidly
decreasing over the last decade due to climate warming. It is imperative to characterize the …

Lichens are the archetypal symbiosis and the one for which the term was coined. Although
application of shotgun sequencing techniques has shown that many lichen symbioses can …

The diversity of lichen-associated bacteria from lichen taxa Cetraria, Cladonia, Megaspora,
Pseudephebe, Psoroma, and Sphaerophorus was investigated by sequencing of 16S rRNA …

Recently, the study of the interactions within a microcosm between hosts and their
associated microbial communities drew an unprecedented interest arising from the …

This chapter gives an overview on (1) lichen-forming fungi, lichen photobionts and
peculiarities of lichen symbiosis such as gains and losses of lichenization, species concepts …

The genomes of two bacteriobionts of the fruticose lichen Ramalina pollinaria,
Lichenibacterium ramalinae and L. minor, were analyzed. Genetic determinants potentially …