Choosing the Right Life Partner: Ecological Drivers of Lichen Symbiosis

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/21:10439388

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.769304" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.769304</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.769304" target="_blank" >10.3389/fmicb.2021.769304</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Choosing the Right Life Partner: Ecological Drivers of Lichen Symbiosis

Original language description

Lichens are an iconic example of symbiotic systems whose ecology is shaped by the requirements of the symbionts. Previous studies suggest that fungal (mycobionts) as well as photosynthesizing (phycobionts or cyanobionts) partners have a specific range of acceptable symbionts that can be chosen according to specific environmental conditions. This study aimed to investigate the effects of climatic conditions and mycobiont identity on phycobiont distribution within the lichen genera Stereocaulon, Cladonia, and Lepraria. The study area comprised the Canary Islands, Madeira, Sicily, and the Aeolian Islands, spanning a wide range of climatic conditions. These islands are known for their unique and diverse fauna and flora, however, lichen phycobionts have remained unstudied in most of these areas. In total, we genetically analyzed 339 lichen samples. The phycobiont pool differed significantly from that outside the studied area. Asterochloris mediterranea was identified as the most abundant phycobiont. However, its distribution was limited by climatic constraints. Other species of Asterochloris and representatives of the genera Chloroidium, Vulcanochloris, and Myrmecia were also recovered as phycobionts. The selection of symbiotic partners from the local phycobiont pool was driven by mycobiont specificity (i.e., the taxonomic range of acceptable partners) and the environmental conditions, mainly temperature. Interestingly, the dominant fungal species responded differently in their selection of algal symbionts along the environmental gradients. Cladonia rangiformis associated with its phycobiont A. mediterranea in a broader range of temperatures than Stereocaulon azoreum, which favors other Asterochloris species along most of the temperature gradient. Stereocaulon vesuvianum associated with Chloroidium spp., which also differed in their temperature optima. Finally, we described Stereocaulon canariense as a new endemic species ecologically distinct from the other Stereocaulon species on the Canary Islands.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10612 - Mycology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Microbiology

ISSN

1664-302X

e-ISSN

1664-302X

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

DEC 14

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

769304

UT code for WoS article

000742440100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85121852779