Bacterial epibionts and endolichenic actinobacteria and fungi in the Lower Devonian lichen Chlorolichenomycites salopensis

Fungal Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 512-518

  Honegger, Rosmarie ^a   Axe, Lindsey ^b   Edwards, Dianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial film; Charcoalification; Lichen symbiosis; Lochkovian strata; Palaeomicrobiology

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; EPIBIONT; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNGUS; GREEN ALGA; LICHEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STRATIFICATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84881367495     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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