Phylotypic Characterization of Mycobionts and Photobionts of Rock Tripe Lichen in East Antarctica.

ABSTRACT: Saxicolous rock ripe lichens that grow on rocks in the East Antarctic fellfields were sampled for phylotypic characterization of its constituent mycobionts (fungi) and photobionts (algae and cyanobacteria). The rock tripe lichen-forming fungal and algal phylotypes were classified under the common lichen-forming genera of ascomycetes, namely, Umbilicaria, and green algae, namely, Trebouxia and Coccomyxa. However, phylotypes of the green algal chloroplasts and the lichen-associated cyanobacteria showed unexpectedly high diversity. The detected chloroplast phylotypes were not fully affiliated with the green algal genera Trebouxia or Coccomyxa. The predominant chloroplast phylotype demonstrated maximum resemblance to Neglectella solitaria, which is nei

SUBMITTER: Faluaburu MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6681027 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature