Life at the limits: Capacities of isolated and cultured lichen symbionts to resist extreme environmental stresses

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 457-468

  De Vera, J P ^a   Rettberg, P ^b   Ott, S ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture experiments; Lichen symbiosis; Mycobiont; Photobiont; Space conditions; Viability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXOBIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LICHEN; SURVIVAL; SYMBIONT; TOLERANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHENS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPACE FLIGHT; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FLUORESCENCE; LICHENS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPACE SIMULATION; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

XANTHORIA ELEGANS;

EID: 54949158826     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-008-9140-7     Document Type: Article

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