Medeiros I.D., Mazur E., Miadlikowska J., Flakus A., Rodriguez-Flakus P., Pardo-De la Hoz C.J., Cieślak E., Śliwa L. & Lutzoni F.
(2021):
Turnover of lecanoroid mycobionts and their Trebouxia photobionts along an elevation gradient in Bolivia highlights the role of environment in structuring the lichen symbiosis,
Frontiers in Microbiology,
12: 774839 [19 p.]
Shifts in climate along elevation gradients structure mycobiont–photobiont associations
in lichens.We obtained mycobiont (lecanoroid Lecanoraceae) and photobiont (Trebouxia
alga) DNA sequences from 89 lichen thalli collected in Bolivia from a ca. 4,700
m elevation gradient encompassing diverse natural communities and environmental
conditions. The molecular dataset included six mycobiont loci (ITS, nrLSU, mtSSU,
RPB1, RPB2, and MCM7) and two photobiont loci (ITS, rbcL); we designed new
primers …
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