Endolithic growth of two Lecidea lichens in granite from continental Antarctica detected by molecular and microscopy techniques

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 181-190

  De Los Rios A ^a   Sancho, L G ^b   Grube, M ^c   Wierzchos, J ^d   Ascaso, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Endolithic lichens; Granitic rock; ITS rDNA; Lecidea; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

LICHEN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; BUELLIA; BUELLIA FRIGIDA; LECIDEA; TREBOUXIA; UMBILICARIA;

EID: 11144290973     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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