Very little is known about the interaction of bryophytes with bacteria. Therefore, we analyzed bacteria associated with three bryophyte species, Tortula ruralis, Aulacomnium palustre, and Sphagnum rubellum, which represent typical moss species of three nutrient-poor plant communities at the southern Baltic Sea coast in Germany. By use of two cultivation-independent techniques, denaturing gradie...

In high light intensities, chlorophyll can be damaged by the enhanced activity of electrons beyond that which it can process. This results in photoinhibition by decreasing the photosynthetic capacity. In tracheophytes, this is particularly pronounced in dehydrated plants, but in bryophytes, it seems the pattern is quite different. Seel et al. (1992) compared the desiccation-tolerant moss Syntri...

Bryophytes are a non-monophyletic group of three major lineages (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses) that descend from the earliest branching events in the phylogeny of land plants. We postulate that desiccation tolerance is a primitive trait, thus mechanisms by which the first land plants achieved tolerance may be reflected in how extant desiccation-tolerant bryophytes survive drying. Evidence ...

An annotated list of mosses was compiled for the Teriberka area in tundra zone on Kola Peninsula (Barents Sea coast, Murmansk Region, North-West Russia). The study includes environs Teriberskaya Bay, lower reaches and Orlovka Rivers, village Dolgiy Brook valley. We used results our two expeditions, data from literature, moss specimens collected previous years by other researchers deposited KPAB...

Research into extreme drought tolerance in resurrection plants using species such as Craterostigma plantagineum, C. wilmsii, Xerophyta humilis, Tortula ruralis, and Sporobolus stapfianus has provided some insight into the desiccation tolerance mechanisms utilized by these plants to allow them to persist under extremely adverse environmental conditions. Some of the mechanisms used to ensure cell...

The presence of organic compounds and high amount of secondary metabolites (polysaccharides, phenolic component, etc.) in mosses cause difficulties in DNA extraction that are followed by problems in PCR reactions. In lower plants, various methods have been used for DNA extraction including silica gel and different commercial kits. These methods mostly use hazardous (like phenol or liquid nitrog...