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The underestimated fraction: diversity, challenges and novel insights into unicellular cyanobionts of lichens

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    SYSNO ASEP0587679
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleThe 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 numberycae069
    Source TitleISME Communications
    Roč. 4, č. 1 (2024)
    Number of pages11 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordschroococcidiopsis ; cyanobacteria ; classification ; phycobiont ; nostoc ; Chroococcidiopsis ; Chroococcidiopsidales ; Lichinales ; cyanolichens ; lichenology ; phycology ; photobiont ; cyanobiont
    OECD categoryMicrobiology
    Method of publishingOpen access
    Institutional supportMBU-M - RVO:61388971
    UT WOS001261554100001
    DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycae069
    AnnotationLichens 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.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Microbiology
    ContactEliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231
    Year of Publishing2025
    Electronic addresshttps://academic.oup.com/ismecommun/article/4/1/ycae069/7665615?login=true
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