Lichen species identity and diversity of cyanobacterial toxins in symbiosis

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 647-651

  Kaasalainen, Ulla ^a   Fewer, David P ^a   Jokela, Jouni ^a   Wahlsten, Matti ^a   Sivonen, Kaarina ^a   Rikkinen, Jouko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lichen; Microcystin; Nephroma; Nostoc; Peltigera; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYANOBACTERIAL TOXIN; MARINE TOXIN; MICROCYSTIN; MICROCYSTIN SYNTHETASE A; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LETTER; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; NOSTOC; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA, INTERGENIC; LICHENS; MARINE TOXINS; MICROCYSTINS; NOSTOC; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SYMBIOSIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC; PELTIGERA;

EID: 84876411841     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12215     Document Type: Letter

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