Metagenomic data reveal diverse fungal and algal communities associated with the lichen symbiosis

Characterizing the ribosomal tandem repeat and its utility as a DNA barcode in lichen-forming fungi

(2020) Michael Bradshaw et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

3D biofilms: in search of the polysaccharides holding together lichen symbioses

(2020) Toby Spribille et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Formally described species woefully underrepresent phylogenetic diversity in the common lichen photobiont genus Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta): An impetus for developing an integrated taxonomy

(2020) Lucia Muggia et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Two Basidiomycete Fungi in the Cortex of Wolf Lichens

(2019) Veera Tuovinen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Reproductive and dispersal strategies shape the diversity of mycobiont-photobiont association in Cladonia lichens

(2019) Jana Steinová et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The first survey of Cystobasidiomycete yeasts in the lichen genus Cladonia; with the description of Lichenozyma pisutiana gen. nov., sp. nov.

(2019) Ivana Černajová et al.   Fungal Biology

Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2

(2019) Evan Bolyen et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Whole Genome Shotgun Sequencing Detects Greater Lichen Fungal Diversity Than Amplicon-Based Methods in Environmental Samples

(2019) Kyle Garrett Keepers et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Bioclimatic factors at an intrabiome scale are more limiting than cyanobiont availability for the lichen-forming genus Peltigera

(2018) Jade Lu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Data mining for discovery of endophytic and epiphytic fungal diversity in short-read genomic data from deciduous trees

(2018) Nicholas R. LaBonte et al.   Fungal Ecology

Untangling the hidden intrathalline microalgal diversity in Parmotrema pseudotinctorum: Trebouxia crespoana sp. nov.

(2018) Pavel ŠKALOUD et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

Comparing Sanger sequencing and high-throughput metabarcoding for inferring photobiont diversity in lichens

(2018) Fiona Paul et al.   Scientific Reports

Optimizing taxonomic classification of marker-gene amplicon sequences with QIIME 2’s q2-feature-classifier plugin

(2018) Nicholas A. Bokulich et al.   Microbiome

Different diversification histories in tropical and temperate lineages in the ascomycete subfamily Protoparmelioideae (Parmeliaceae)

(2018) Garima Singh et al.   MycoKeys

Great differences in performance and outcome of high-throughput sequencing data analysis platforms for fungal metabarcoding

(2018) Sten Anslan et al.   MycoKeys

Genome-based estimates of fungal rDNA copy number variation across phylogenetic scales and ecological lifestyles

(2018) Lotus A. Lofgren et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications

(2018) Rolf Henrik Nilsson et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Physical contact and carbon transfer between a lichen-forming Trebouxia alga and a novel Alphaproteobacterium

(2017) Mieko Kono et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

ITS1 metabarcoding highlights low specificity of lichen mycobiomes at a local scale

(2017) Fernando Fernández-Mendoza et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Environment and host identity structure communities of green algal symbionts in lichens

(2017) Francesco Dal Grande et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Deciphering functional diversification within the lichen microbiota by meta-omics

(2017) Tomislav Cernava et al.   Microbiome

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

(2017) Patricia Moya et al.   PLoS One

Cyphobasidium gen. nov., a new lichen-inhabiting lineage in the Cystobasidiomycetes (Pucciniomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi)

(2016) Ana M. Millanes et al.   Fungal Biology

Basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of ascomycete macrolichens

(2016) Toby Spribille et al.   SCIENCE

Resolving evolutionary relationships in lichen-forming fungi using diverse phylogenomic datasets and analytical approaches

(2016) Steven D. Leavitt et al.   Scientific Reports

VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics

(2016) Torbjørn Rognes et al.   PeerJ

Distribution patterns of haplotypes for symbionts from Umbilicaria esculenta and U. muehlenbergii reflect the importance of reproductive strategy in shaping population genetic structure

(2015) Shunan Cao et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Extremotolerant fungi from alpine rock lichens and their phylogenetic relationships

(2015) Lucia Muggia et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Community Analyses Uncover High Diversity of Lichenicolous Fungi in Alpine Habitats

(2015) Antonia Fleischhacker et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

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

Diversity and distribution of lichen-associated fungi in the Ny-Ålesund Region (Svalbard, High Arctic) as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing

(2015) Tao Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Ecological specialization in Trebouxia (Trebouxiophyceae) photobionts of Ramalina menziesii (Ramalinaceae) across six range-covering ecoregions of western North America

(2014) Silke Werth et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

(2014) Lucia Muggia et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Exploring functional contexts of symbiotic sustain within lichen-associated bacteria by comparative omics

(2014) Martin Grube et al.   ISME Journal

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

Symbiont flexibility in subalpine rock shield lichen communities in the Southwestern USA

(2013) Steven D. Leavitt et al.   BRYOLOGIST

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

(2013) Lucia Muggia et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Local representation of global diversity in a cosmopolitan lichen-forming fungal species complex (Rhizoplaca, Ascomycota)

(2013) Steven D. Leavitt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Bacterial taxa associated with the lung lichen Lobaria pulmonaria are differentially shaped by geography and habitat

(2012) Massimiliano Cardinale et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

The Biological Observation Matrix (BIOM) format or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the ome-ome

(2012) Daniel McDonald et al.   GigaScience

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

Species delimitation in taxonomically difficult lichen-forming fungi: An example from morphologically and chemically diverse Xanthoparmelia (Parmeliaceae) in North America

(2011) Steven D. Leavitt et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Bacterial Communities Associated with the Lichen Symbiosis

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

Community Analysis Reveals Close Affinities Between Endophytic and Endolichenic Fungi in Mosses and Lichens

(2010) Jana M. U’Ren et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

A microbiotic survey of lichen-associated bacteria reveals a new lineage from the Rhizobiales

(2010) Brendan P. Hodkinson et al.   SYMBIOSIS

Photobiont diversity in lichens from metal-rich substrata based on ITS rDNA sequences

(2009) Martin Bačkor et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Extremotolerance in fungi: evolution on the edge

(2009) Cene Gostinčar et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Species-specific structural and functional diversity of bacterial communities in lichen symbioses

(2009) Martin Grube et al.   ISME Journal

Molecular data show that Bryoria fremontii and B. tortuosa ( Parmeliaceae) are conspecific

(2009) Saara VELMALA et al.   LICHENOLOGIST

A Phylogenetic Estimation of Trophic Transition Networks for Ascomycetous Fungi: Are Lichens Cradles of Symbiotrophic Fungal Diversification?

(2009) A. Elizabeth Arnold et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY