-
photosynthesizing organism is
called a
photobiont.
Algal photobionts are
called phycobionts.
Cyanobacteria photobionts are
called cyanobionts. The part of...
- variability,
combined with the lichen's
flexible ****ociations with
different photobiont strains,
contributes to its
ecological success. X. parietina
serves as...
- (the mycobiont)
combines with one or more
photosynthetic partner(s) (the
photobiont) as well as (in some cases) a yeast.
Eukaryote (domain) –
organisms with...
- Initially,
Nannochloris normandinae, a
green alga, was
thought to be its
photobiont. More
recent studies, however, have
revised this understanding, with Diplosphaera...
-
usually covered with a cortex; some, however, lack a
lower cortex. The
photobiont layer lies just
below the
upper cortex.
Where present, the
lower cortex...
- cyanolichens,
known as
bipartite forms, the
cyanobacteria form an
extensive photobiont layer throughout the main body of the lichen. Others,
called tripartite...
- ****ociation with a
photobiont is
required for the
development of that form. When
grown in the
laboratory in the
absence of its
photobiont, a
lichen fungus...
-
genus Trebouxia,
particularly species within Trebouxia clade I, as its
photobiont partner. Ecologically,
Parmelia sulcata grows on
various substrates, including...
-
genus Nostoc) as a
photobiont,
which allows the
organism to fix nitrogen. In some
species the
cyanobacteria is the sole
photobiont,
while other species...
-
originally described from New
Zealand in 1873 as a
species of Lecidea. The
photobiont is an alga of the
family Chlorococcaceae. The
genus is
named after Scottish...
