Journal of Microbiology

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Lichen Flora around the Korean Antarctic Scientific Station, King George Island, Antarctic: Ji Hee Kim , In-Young Ahn , Soon Gyu Hong , Mikhail Andreev , Kwang-Mi Lim , Mi Jin Oh , Young Jin Koh , Jae-Seoun Hur; J. Microbiol. 2006;44(5):480-491.; DOI: https://doi.org/2450 [pii]

Abstract: As part of the long-term monitoring projects on Antarctic terrestrial vegetation in relation to global climate change, a lichen floristical survey was conducted around the Korean Antarctic Station (King Sejong Station), which is located on Barton Peninsula, King George Island, in January and February of 2006. Two hundred and twenty-five lichen specimens were collected and sixty-two lichen species in 38 genera were identified by morphological characteristics, chemical constituents, TLC analysis and ITS nucleotide sequence analysis.

Introduction of Saxicolous Lichens Distributed in Coastal Rocks of U-do Islet in Jeju, Korea: Hyung-Yeel Kahng , Byoung-Jun Yoon , Sung-Hyun Kim , Duck-Ja Shin , Jae-Seoun Hur , Hyun-Woo Kim , Eui-Sung Kang , Kye-Heon Oh , Young Jin Koh; J. Microbiol. 2004;42(4):292-298.; DOI: https://doi.org/2108 [pii]

Abstract: This study reports, for the first time, the ivestigation of the distribution of Korean saxicolous lichens in the coastal rocks of U-do islet, which is known as an unpolluted zone in Jeju. More than thirty lichens were obtained and investigated from the coastal rocks frequently contacted by seawater. A molecular analysis using PCR amplification of the rRNA ITS regions revealed the coastal rock lichens could be placed into 8 families and 14 genera, Ramalinaceae (Bacidia, Ramalina), Physciaceae (Buellia, Dirinaria, Phaeophyscia, Physcia, Pyxine), Lecanoraceae (Candelaria, Lecanora), Parmeliaceae (Xanthoparmelia), Graphidaceae (Graphis), Pertusariaceae (Pertusaria), Rhizocarpaceae (Rhizocarpon), and Teloschistaceae (Caloplaca), showing a diversity of lichens, with foliose (flat leaf-like), crustose (crust-like), and fruticose (miniature shrub-like) life forms might be distributed in the coastal rocks. These findings suggested the possibility that the lichens identified in the present work might be resistant to a salty environment.

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