Cellulose-acetate Disks as Novel Substrate for the Resynthesis and Culture of Lichens

Martin Bačkor; Dianne Fahselt

doi:10.1639/09

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Martin Bačkor,¹ Dianne Fahselt²

¹Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada and Institute of Biology and Ecology, Department of Botany, Šafárik University, Mánesova 23, 041 67 Košice, Slovak Republic
²Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5B7, Canada

Abstract

Cellulose-acetate disks were found convenient for the cultivation of lichen mycobionts and artificial resynthesis and culture of the lichen Cladonia cristatella. These cost-effective disks solve many resynthesis problems, as they are easily sterilized to facilitate mycobiont establishment. They also permit transfer of mycobiont cultures to nutrient-poor agar stimulating hyphal branching which is conducive to lichenization, with minimal carry over of the original medium. Mycobionts on cellulose-acetate disks can be directly inoculated with photobionts and preweighing permits growth of re-synthesized lichens to be monitored easily.

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Martin Bačkor and Dianne Fahselt "Cellulose-acetate Disks as Novel Substrate for the Resynthesis and Culture of Lichens," The Bryologist 106(3), 439-442, (1 September 2003). https://doi.org/10.1639/09

Received: 15 November 2002; Accepted: 1 February 2003; Published: 1 September 2003

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