Unexpected associated microalgal diversity in the lichen Ramalina farinacea is uncovered by pyrosequencing analyses

Differences in soil micro-eukaryotic communities over soil pH gradients are strongly driven by parasites and saprotrophs

(2016) A. Ö. C. Dupont et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Barcoding lichen-forming fungi using 454 pyrosequencing is challenged by artifactual and biological sequence variation

(2016) Kristiina Mark et al.   GENOME

On the use of high-throughput sequencing for the study of cyanobacterial diversity in Antarctic aquatic mats

(2016) Igor Stelmach Pessi et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Coordinated ultrastructural and phylogenomic analyses shed light on the hidden phycobiont diversity of Trebouxia microalgae in Ramalina fraxinea

(2016) Santiago Catalá et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of ascomycete macrolichens

(2016) Toby Spribille et al.   SCIENCE

Understanding Microbial Multi-Species Symbioses

(2016) Ines A. Aschenbrenner et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Innovative Approaches Using Lichen Enriched Media to Improve Isolation and Culturability of Lichen Associated Bacteria

(2016) Elena G. Biosca et al.   PLoS One

Extremotolerant fungi from alpine rock lichens and their phylogenetic relationships

(2015) Lucia Muggia et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Assembling the challenging puzzle of algal biodiversity: species delimitation within the genusAsterochloris(Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)

(2015) Pavel Škaloud et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Diffuse growth in the fruticose beard lichen Ramalina usnea (L.) R. Howe

(2015) William B. SANDERS et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Fungal specificity and selectivity for algae play a major role in determining lichen partnerships across diverse ecogeographic regions in the lichen-forming family Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota)

(2015) Steven D. Leavitt et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Differences in the cell walls and extracellular polymers of the two Trebouxia microalgae coexisting in the lichen Ramalina farinacea are consistent with their distinct capacity to immobilize extracellular Pb

(2015) Leonardo M. Casano et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Photobiont selectivity leads to ecological tolerance and evolutionary divergence in a polymorphic complex of lichenized fungi

(2014) Lucia Muggia et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Algal and Fungal Diversity in Antarctic Lichens

(2014) Chae Haeng Park et al.   JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY

Insights into intrathalline genetic diversity of the cosmopolitan lichen symbiotic green alga Trebouxia decolorans Ahmadjian using microsatellite markers

(2014) Francesco Dal Grande et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

High-throughput sequencing shows inconsistent results with a microscope-based analysis of the soil prokaryotic community

(2014) Masayuki Ushio et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Comparative metagenomic and rRNA microbial diversity characterization using archaeal and bacterial synthetic communities

(2013) Migun Shakya et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The symbiotic playground of lichen thalli - a highly flexible photobiont association in rock-inhabiting lichens

(2013) Lucia Muggia et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Meta-analysis of deep-sequenced fungal communities indicates limited taxon sharing between studies and the presence of biogeographic patterns

(2013) Anjuli Meiser et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Host and geographic structure of endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale

(2012) Jana M. U'Ren et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Development of thallus axes in Usnea longissima (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota), a fruticose lichen showing diffuse growth

(2012) W. B. Sanders et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

The genetic structure of the cosmopolitan three-partner lichenRamalina farinaceaevidences the concerted diversification of symbionts

(2012) Eva M. del Campo et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Different strategies to achieve Pb-tolerance by the two Trebouxia algae coexisting in the lichen Ramalina farinacea

(2012) Raquel Álvarez et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Photoautotrophic symbiont and geography are major factors affecting highly structured and diverse bacterial communities in the lichen microbiome

(2011) Brendan P. Hodkinson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A preliminary survey of lichen associated eukaryotes using pyrosequencing

(2011) Scott T. BATES et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

ABGD, Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery for primary species delimitation

(2011) N. PUILLANDRE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Oxidative stress induces distinct physiological responses in the two Trebouxia phycobionts of the lichen Ramalina farinacea

(2010) Alicia del Hoyo et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Bacterial Communities Associated with the Lichen Symbiosis

(2010) Scott T. Bates et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Two Trebouxia algae with different physiological performances are ever-present in lichen thalli of Ramalina farinacea. Coexistence versus Competition?

(2010) Leonardo M. Casano et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Quantifying microbial communities with 454 pyrosequencing: does read abundance count?

(2010) ANTHONY S. AMEND et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Morphological and phylogenetic study of algal partners associated with the lichen-forming fungus Tephromela atra from the Mediterranean region

(2010) Lucia Muggia et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Pyrosequencing analysis of endosymbiont population structure: co-occurrence of divergent symbiont lineages in a single vesicomyid host clam

(2009) Frank J. Stewart et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evolutionary inferences based on ITS rDNA and actin sequences reveal extensive diversity of the common lichen alga Asterochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)

(2009) Pavel Skaloud et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Suitability of chloroplast LSU rDNA and its diverse group I introns for species recognition and phylogenetic analyses of lichen-forming Trebouxia algae

(2009) E.M. del Campo et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION