Photobiont selectivity and specificity in Caloplaca species in a fog-induced community in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 665-676

  Vargas Castillo, Reinaldo ^a,b   Beck, Andreas ^a  

^a BAVARIAN NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Caloplaca; Lichen community; Mycobiont; Photobiont; Selectivity; Specificity; Trebouxia

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

GREEN ALGA; HOST SPECIFICITY; LICHEN; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPECIALIZATION; SYMBIONT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; WEATHER;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; WEATHER;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; IQUIQUE; TARAPACA;

ALGAE; CALOPLACA; ORTHOCLADA; TREBOUXIA; TREBOUXIA ARBORICOLA; TREBOUXIA GIGANTEA;

EID: 84861664073     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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