Effects of Growth Media on the Diversity of Culturable Fungi from Lichens

Molecules : a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
Lucia MuggiaM Grube

Abstract

Microscopic and molecular studies suggest that lichen symbioses contain a plethora of associated fungi. These are potential producers of novel bioactive compounds, but strains isolated on standard media usually represent only a minor subset of these fungi. By using various in vitro growth conditions we are able to modulate and extend the fraction of culturable lichen-associated fungi. We observed that the presence of iron, glucose, magnesium and potassium in growth media is essential for the successful isolation of members from different taxonomic groups. According to sequence data, most isolates besides the lichen mycobionts belong to the classes Dothideomycetes and Eurotiomycetes. With our approach we can further explore the hidden fungal diversity in lichens to assist in the search of novel compounds.

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Citations

Nov 26, 2019·Planta medica·Meenavalli Babu Govinda RajuluTrichur Subramanian Suryanarayanan
May 8, 2018·FEMS Microbiology Letters·Lucia MuggiaMartin Grube
Jan 1, 2018·Mycological Progress·Elisa BanchiLucia Muggia
Oct 26, 2018·Molecules : a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry·Katerin AlmendrasJulieta Orlando
May 31, 2020·Current Microbiology·Fengcai YeChanghua Shang

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