

israeliensis is the primary symbiotic microalga in all the chosen and analyzed lichens. Phycobiont phylogenetic analyses were made using both chloroplast (LSU rDNA) and nuclear (ITS rDNA) molecular markers.

decipiens specimens, the mycobiont analyses showed an unexpected variability. The lichen-forming fungi were identified using ITS rDNA as a barcode, and in the case of P. and Claviscidium spp.) in 32 localities within European and Canary Island ecosystems by using both molecular and ultrastructural techniques. israeliensis as the primary microalga in squamulose lichens growing in terricolous communities ( Psora spp., Placidium spp. The aim of this study was to settle the presence of M.

israeliensis might be confirmed by using the DNA barcoding and different microscopic examinations both in the symbiotic state and in culture. However, due to the absence of ITS rDNA sequences (barcode information) published along with these investigations, the symbiotic nature of M. This microalga was previously suggested as the primary phycobiont in the lichens Placidium spp., Heteroplacidium spp. Myrmecia israeliensis has been traditionally considered as a green coccoid free-living microalga. The West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen, Kopeckého sady 2, 30100-Plzeň, Czech Republic Moliner 50, 46100-Burjassot, Valencia, Spain *Corresponding author e-mail: 2Ĭharles University in Prague, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Botany, Benátská 2, 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic 3 Fottea 2018, 18(1):72-85 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2017.022 Myrmecia israeliensis as the primary symbiotic microalga in squamulose lichens growing in European and Canary Island terricolous communities Patricia Moya 1, Salvador Chiva 1, Aránzazu Molins 1, Iva Jadrná 2, Pavel Škaloud 2, Ondřej Peksa 3, Eva Barreno 1 1
