Microsatellite markers and ITS sequences to investigate Usnea antarctica and U. aurantiacoatra species pair

• Main Author: Lagostina, Elisa
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2018
• Subjects: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; SPP1158; Arctic; Antarctic; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Elephant Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice; Usnea antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.892970; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.892970

Lichens are symbiotic associations consisting of a fungal (mycobiont) and one or more photosynthetic (photobionts) partners and are the dominant component, and most important primary producers, of Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. The most common lichens in the maritime Antarctic are Usnea antarctic...