Monday, April 24, 2017

BacterioFiles 290 - Lichens' Little Lodgers

Lichens on rock near Las Vegas, NV
I'm back! This episode: Lichens, long known to be a partnership between fungi and algae, now discovered to have an important third member!

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Show notes:
News item

Journal Paper:
Spribille T, Tuovinen V, Resl P, Vanderpool D, Wolinski H, Aime MC, Schneider K, Stabentheiner E, Toome-Heller M, Thor G, Mayrhofer H, Johannesson H, McCutcheon JP. 2016. Basidiomycete yeasts in the cortex of ascomycete macrolichens. Science 353:488–492.

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