Do photobionts influence the ecology of lichens? A case study of environmental preferences in symbiotic green alga Asterochloris (Trebouxiophyceae)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3936-3948

  Peksa, Ondřej ^a,b   Škaloud, Pavel ^b  

^a West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

adaptation; algae; Asterochloris; coevolution; ecology; fungi; Lepraria; lichen guilds; ombrophoby; photobiont; phylogenetic signal; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; LICHENS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACTINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CHLOROPHYTA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; ASTEROCHLORIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; LEPRARIA; STEREOCAULACEAE; STEREOCAULON; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 80052528366     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05168.x     Document Type: Article

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