• extremotolerance and resistance of lichens: comparative studies on five species used in astrobiological research i. morphological and anatomical characteristics

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    • تاریخ ارائه: 1392/07/24
    • تاریخ انتشار در تی پی بین: 1392/07/24
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     lichens are symbioses of two organisms, a fungal mycobiont and a photoautotrophic photobiont. in nature, many lichens tolerate extreme environmental conditions and thus became valuable models in astrobiological research to fathom biological resistance towards non-terrestrial conditions; including space exposure, hypervelocity impact simulations as well as space and martian parameter simulations. all studies demonstrated the high resistance towards non-terrestrial abiotic factors of selected extremotolerant lichens. besides other adaptations, this study focuses on the morphological and anatomical traits by comparing five lichen species—circinaria gyrosa,rhizocarpon geographicumxanthoria elegansbuellia frigidapleopsidium chlorophanum—used in present-day astrobiological research. detailed investigation of thallus organization by microscopy methods allows to study the effect of morphology on lichen resistance and forms a basis for interpreting data of recent and future experiments. all investigated lichens reveal a common heteromerous thallus structure but diverging sets of morphological-anatomical traits, as intra-/extra-thalline mucilage matrices, cortices, algal arrangements, and hyphal strands. in b. frigida, r. geographicum, and x. elegans the combination of pigmented cortex, algal arrangement, and mucilage seems to enhance resistance, while subcortex and algal clustering seem to be crucial inc. gyrosa, as well as pigmented cortices and basal thallus protrusions in p. chlorophanum. thus, generalizations on morphologically conferred resistance have to be avoided. such differences might reflect the diverging evolutionary histories and are advantageous by adapting lichens to prevalent abiotic stressors. the peculiar lichen morphology demonstrates its remarkable stake in resisting extreme terrestrial conditions and may explain the high resistance of lichens found in astrobiological research.

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