- An
endolith or
endolithic is an
organism (archaeon, bacterium, fungus, lichen, algae, sponge, or amoeba) that is able to
acquire the
necessary resources...
- An
endolithic lichen is a
crustose lichen that
grows inside solid rock,
growing between the grains, with only the
fruiting bodies exposed to the air. Although...
- protein-rich
autotrophic microorganisms that live on (epilithic) or
within (
endolithic)
calcareous substrata, are
epiphytic on
algae or seagr****es, or endosymbiotic...
-
richness of
endolithic bacteria in
these samples were
estimated to be
higher than that of
endolithic archaea. Most of the
detected endolithic prokaryotes...
-
either epilithic (or epipetric) or
endolithic;
epilithic lithophytes grow on the
surfaces of rocks,
while endolithic lithophytes grow in the
crevices of...
-
Although no
living organisms have been
found in the
permafrost here,
endolithic photosynthetic bacteria have been
found living in the
relatively moist...
-
fecal pellets produced by
marine organisms.
Others may be
produced by
endolithic (boring)
algae or
other microorganisms or
through breakdown of mollusc...
-
anthropogenic biomes:
Dense settlements Croplands Rangelands Forested Indoor The
endolithic biome,
consisting entirely of
microscopic life in rock
pores and cracks...
- heaps. They can even live
inside solid rock,
growing between the
grains (
endolithic).
There are
about 20,000
known species. Some
lichens have lost the ability...
- An
Antarctic rock
split apart to show
endolithic lifeforms showing as a
green layer a few
millimeters thick...
