In this study, antioxidant and antimicrobial potentials of Usnea intermedia, U. filipendula, and U. fulvoreagens and their stictic and usnic acid contents were investigated. Antioxidant activity and total phenolic contents were evaluated in acetone, ethanol, and methanol extracts of these three species. Antioxidant activity was measured by ABTS [2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic...

Several lichen species have been used for medicinal purposes throughout the ages, and they were reported to be effective in the treatment of different disorders including tuberculosis, hemorrhoids, ulcer, dysentery and cancer. It is revealed that they may be easily accessible sources of natural drugs that could be used as a possible food supplement or in pharmaceutical industry after their safe...

According to the results of study, it found that in upper reaches Malka River, most common is group birch forests with tallgrass vegetation cover, including Betuletum calamagrostioso-herbosum . Smaller areas occupied by complex herbaceous forests, represented Pineto-betuletum and a pine herbrich Pinetum Forest stands are mainly singlestorey, medium low-density, bonitet classes II-IV. The floris...

Pendulous lichens dominate canopies of boreal forests, with dark Bryoria species in the upper canopy vs. light Alectoria and Usnea species in lower canopy. These genera offer important ecosystem services such as winter forage for reindeer and caribou. The mechanism behind this niche separation is poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that species-specific sunscreening fungal pigments prot...

Several lichen species have been used for medicinal purposes throughout the ages, and they were reported to be effective in the treatment of different disorders including tuberculosis, hemorrhoids, ulcer, dysentery and cancer. It is revealed that they may be easily accessible sources of natural drugs that could be used as a possible food supplement or in pharmaceutical industry after their safe...

159 forest relevés on sample plots (400 m2 each) at Smolenskoye Poozerye National Park were collected during the period from 2017 till 2022. Lichen diversity of was analyzed simultaneously. 25 lichen species preliminary list indicators biologically valuable landscapes in coniferous-broadleaved subzone European part Russia found plots. Two more (Pyrenula nitida and Toniniopsis separabilis) added...

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Microsatellite loci were developed for the haploid lichenized fungal species Usnea subfloridana to study its population subdivision and the species' response to forest disturbance, fragmentation, and environmental pollution. • METHODS AND RESULTS We developed 14 polymorphic microsatellite markers using 454 pyrosequencing data of U. subfloridana. The number o...

Deinococcus marmoris strain PAMC 26562 was isolated from Usnea sp., a lichen collected from King George Island, Antarctica. We report here the draft genome sequence of strain PAMC 26562, which has xanthorhodopsin and carbon monoxide dehydrogenase genes in addition to major metabolic pathways presented in deinococcal genomes.