[EN] Three vagrant (Circinaria hispida, Circinaria gyrosa, Circinaria sp. `paramerae¿) and one crustose (semi-vagrant, Circinaria sp.`oromediterranea¿) growing in very continental areas in the Iberian Peninsula were selected ...[+]
[EN] Three vagrant (Circinaria hispida, Circinaria gyrosa, Circinaria sp. `paramerae¿) and one crustose (semi-vagrant, Circinaria sp.`oromediterranea¿) growing in very continental areas in the Iberian Peninsula were selected to study the phycobiont diversity. Mycobiont identification was checked using nrITS DNA barcoding: Circinaria sp.`oromediterranea¿ and Circinaria sp. `paramerae¿ formed a new clade. Phycobiont diversity was analyzed in 50 thalli of Circinaria spp. using nrITS DNA and LSU rDNA, with microalgae coexistence being found in all the species analyzed by Sanger sequencing. The survey of phycobiont diversity showed up to four different Trebouxia spp. as the primary phycobiont in 20 thalli of C. hispida, in comparison with the remaining Circinaria spp. where only one Trebouxia was the primary microalga. In lichen species showing coexistence, some complementary approaches are needed (454 pyrosequencing and/or ultrastructural analyses). Five specimens were selected for HTS analyses: 22 Trebouxia OTUs were detected, ten of them not previously known. TEM analyses showed three different cell morphotypes (Trebouxia sp. OTU A12, OTU S51 and T. cretacea) whose ultrastructure is described here in detail for the first time, HTS revealed a different microalgae pool in each species studied, and we cannot assume a specific pattern between these pools and the ecological and/or morphological characteristics. The mechanisms involved in the selection of the primary phycobiont and the other microalgae by the mycobiont are unknown, and require complex experimental designs. The systematics of the genus Circinaria is not yet well resolved, and more analyses are needed to establish a precise delimitation of the species.[-]
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/GVA//PROMETEO%2F2017%2F039/ES/La simbiosis liquénica como asociación mutualista compleja, paradigma de resiliencia en ambientes adversos. Diversidad genómica, estructural y funcional/ info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2016-79158-P/ES/NUEVA PERSPECTIVA INTERDISCIPLINAR SOBRE LA COMPLEJIDAD DE LAS SIMBIOSIS LIQUENICAS: ESTUDIO GENOMICO Y FUNCIONAL DE MICROALGAS Y BACTERIAS/
Agradecimientos:
Supported by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO and FEDER, Spain; CGL2016-79158-P), Excellence in Research (Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; PROMETEO/2017/039). We want to thank the technicians (M<SUP>a</SUP> ...[+]
Supported by the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO and FEDER, Spain; CGL2016-79158-P), Excellence in Research (Generalitat Valenciana, Spain; PROMETEO/2017/039). We want to thank the technicians (M<SUP>a</SUP> Teresa Minguez and Nuria Cebrian) from the Servicio de Microscopia Electronica, SCSIE, and Jardi Botanic (Universitat de Valencia) who helped us to perform the TEM process, and Santiago Catala for the pyrosequencing analyses. Daniel Sheerin revised the English manuscript.[-]