Lichen zonation on UK rocky seashores: a trait-based approach to delineating marine and maritime lichens

Tindall-Jones, Beth; Cunliffe, Michael; Chrismas, Nathan

doi:10.1017/s0024282923000038

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“…1ai,aii). Marine lichens such as L. pygmaea survive in uniquely dynamic environments compared with terrestrial lichens (Tindall‐Jones et al ., 2023) where exposure to desiccation and hydration (typically experienced by lichens) is combined with daily saltwater stress (Delmail et al ., 2013). In black fungi, adaptations to salinity stress include accumulation of sugars such as trehalose and mannitol, as well as production of mycosporines, mycosporine‐like amino acids (MAAs), and melanin (Torres et al ., 2004; de la Coba et al ., 2009; Gostinčar et al ., 2012).…”

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Metatranscriptomics reveals diversity of symbiotic interaction and mechanisms of carbon exchange in the marine cyanolichen Lichina pygmaea

Chrismas,

Tindall‐Jones,

Jenkins

et al. 2023

New Phytologist

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Summary Lichens are exemplar symbioses based upon carbon exchange between photobionts and their mycobiont hosts. Historically considered a two‐way relationship, some lichen symbioses have been shown to contain multiple photobiont partners; however, the way in which these photobiont communities react to environmental change is poorly understood. Lichina pygmaea is a marine cyanolichen that inhabits rocky seashores where it is submerged in seawater during every tidal cycle. Recent work has indicated that L. pygmaea has a complex photobiont community including the cyanobionts Rivularia and Pleurocapsa. We performed rRNA‐based metabarcoding and mRNA metatranscriptomics of the L. pygmaea holobiont at high and low tide to investigate community response to immersion in seawater. Carbon exchange in L. pygmaea is a dynamic process, influenced by both tidal cycle and the biology of the individual symbiotic components. The mycobiont and two cyanobiont partners exhibit distinct transcriptional responses to seawater hydration. Sugar‐based compatible solutes produced by Rivularia and Pleurocapsa in response to seawater are a potential source of carbon to the mycobiont. We propose that extracellular processing of photobiont‐derived polysaccharides is a fundamental step in carbon acquisition by L. pygmaea and is analogous to uptake of plant‐derived carbon in ectomycorrhizal symbioses.

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