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The underestimated fraction: diversity, challenges and novel insights into unicellular cyanobionts of lichens
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SYSNO ASEP 0587679 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The underestimated fraction: diversity, challenges and novel insights into unicellular cyanobionts of lichens Author(s) Jung, P. (DE)
Briegel-Williams, L. (DE)
Buedel, B. (DE)
Schultz, M. (DE)
Nuernberg, Dennis J. (DE)
Grube, M. (AT)
D'Agostino, Paul M. (DE)
Kastovský, J. (CZ)
Mareš, Jan (MBU-M) ORCID, RID
Lorenz, M. (DE)
Gil Gonzalez, M. L. (ES)
Dal Forno, M. (US)
Westberg, M. (SE)
Chrismas, N. (GB)
Pietrasiak, N. (US)
Whelan, P. (IE)
Dvořák, P. (CZ)
Košuthová, A. (SE)
Gkelis, S. (GR)
Bauersachs, T. (DE)
Schiefelbein, U. (DE)
Giao, V. T. P. (VN)
Lakatos, M. (DE)Article number ycae069 Source Title ISME Communications
Roč. 4, č. 1 (2024)Number of pages 11 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords chroococcidiopsis ; cyanobacteria ; classification ; phycobiont ; nostoc ; Chroococcidiopsis ; Chroococcidiopsidales ; Lichinales ; cyanolichens ; lichenology ; phycology ; photobiont ; cyanobiont OECD category Microbiology Method of publishing Open access Institutional support MBU-M - RVO:61388971 UT WOS 001261554100001 DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae069 Annotation Lichens are remarkable and classic examples of symbiotic organisms that have fascinated scientists for centuries. Yet, it has only been for a couple of decades that significant advances have focused on the diversity of their green algal and/or cyanobacterial photobionts. Cyanolichens, which contain cyanobacteria as their photosynthetic partner, include up to 10% of all known lichens and, as such, studies on their cyanobionts are much rarer compared to their green algal counterparts. For the unicellular cyanobionts, i.e. cyanobacteria that do not form filaments, these studies are even scarcer. Nonetheless, these currently include at least 10 different genera in the cosmopolitan lichen order Lichinales. An international consortium (International Network of CyanoBionts, INCb) will tackle this lack of knowledge. In this article, we discuss the status of current unicellular cyanobiont research, compare the taxonomic resolution of photobionts from cyanolichens with those of green algal lichens (chlorolichens), and give a roadmap of research on how to recondition the underestimated fraction of symbiotic unicellular cyanobacteria in lichens. Workplace Institute of Microbiology Contact Eliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231 Year of Publishing 2025 Electronic address https://academic.oup.com/ismecommun/article/4/1/ycae069/7665615?login=true
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