Lichen cell factories: methods for the isolation of photobiont and mycobiont partners for defined pure and co-cultivation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Due to their huge biodiversity and the capability to produce a wide range of secondary metabolites, lichens have a great potential in biotechnological applications. They have, however, hardly been used as cell factories to date, as it is considered to be difficult and laborious to cultivate lichen partners in pure or co-culture in the laboratory. The various methods used to isolate lichen fungi, based on either the ascospores, the conidia, or the thallus, have so far not been compared or critically examined. Therefore, here we systematically investigate and compare the known methods and two new methods to identify the most suitable technology for isolation of fungi from lichens.

Results

Within this study six lichen fungi species were isolated and propagated as pur

SUBMITTER: Zakeri Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9082883 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature