Photosynthetic performance in Antarctic lichens with different growth forms reflect the diversity of lichenized algal adaptation to microhabitats

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Cao Shunan, Zhang Jie, Zheng Hongyuan, Liu Chuanpeng, Zhou Qiming
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; lichens; lichenized; molecular phylogenetics; photosynthesis; Trebouxia; Geology; QE1-996.5; King George Island; Great Wall Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/popore-2015-0012; https://doaj.org/article/e1cd3c79c1fa4657aa8de2a02eb23c70

Lichens, as typical obligate associations between lichenized fungi and their photosynthetic partners, are dominant in Antarctica. Three Antarctic lichens, Ochrolechia frigida, Umbilicaria antarctica, and Usnea aurantiacoatra with different growth forms, were sampled nearby the Great Wall Station, Ki...