Antimicrobial activity of the acetone-, methanoland aqueousextracts of the lichens Lecanora atra, L. muralis, Parmelia saxatilis, P. sulcata and Parmeliopsis ambigua was explored in vitro against to six species of bacteria and 10 species of fungi, by the disc-diffusion method and determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) by the Broth tube Dilution method. The aqueous extracts ...

For the first time in bryophyte studies, we performed comprehensive cloning of the ITS region to reveal intraindividual variation of ITS sequences. We assessed relationships among morphologically defined taxa of the polyploid complex of the moss Tortula muralis. Our results detected a monophyletic T. muralis complex comprising T. muralis subsp. mura­ lis, T. muralis subsp. obtusifolia, T. lingu...

The genus Alatuncusia Amsel, 1956 is reviewed, including three species A. canalis (Walker, [1866]) [= Dichogama bergii Möschler, 1890, syn. nov. = Lygropia gilvicostalis Hampson, 1918, nov.)]; monochromatalis Becker, sp. nov.; and tornimaculalis Dichochroma Forbes, 1944 recognized with five species: D. atropos (Solis & Goldstein, 2013), comb. lachesis nov., muralis S. clotho nov.], nyx &amp...

A Gram-stain-positive, non-spore-forming actinobacterium, designated 15-Je-017(T), was isolated from wall material of an indoor environment. The isolate formed a rudimentary substrate mycelium that fragmented into rod-shaped cells. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain 15-Je-017(T) was shown to belong to the genus Jiangella and was most closely related to Jiangella alba YIM 61...