High Life Expectancy of Bacteria on Lichens
Self-sustaining lichen symbioses potentially can become very old, sometimes even thousands of years in nature. In the joint structures, algal partners are sheltered between fungal structures that are externally colonized by bacterial communities. With this arrangement lichens survive long periods of...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Springer US
2016
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5023722/ |