| Title | Introduction of Saxicolous Lichens Distributed in Coastal Rocks of U-do Islet in Jeju, Korea |
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| Author | Hyung-Yeel Kahng1,2,*, Byoung-Jun Yoon2, Sung-Hyun Kim1, Duck-Ja Shin1, Jae-Seoun Hur1,2, Hyun-Woo Kim1,2, Eui-Sung Kang2,3, Kye-Heon Oh4, and Young Jin Koh2,5 |
| Address | 1Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University, 315 Maegok-dong, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea, 2Korean Lichen Research Institute, Sunchon National University, 315 Maegok-dong, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea, 3Department of Computer Education, Sunchon National University, 315 Maegok-dong, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea, 4Department of Applied Biology, Sunchon National University, 315 Maegok-dong, Suncheon 540-742, Republic of Korea, 5Department of Life Science, Soonchunhyang University, P.O. Box 97, Asan, Chung-Nam 336-600, Republic of Korea |
| Bibliography | Journal of Microbiology, 42(4),292-298, 2004, |
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| Key Words | coastal rock lichens, ITS, phylogeny, U-do, Jeju |
| Abstract | This study reports, for the first time, the ivestigation of the distribution of Korean saxicolous lichens in the coastal rocks of U-do islet, which is known as an unpolluted zone in Jeju. More than thirty lichens were obtained and investigated from the coastal rocks frequently contacted by seawater. A molecular analysis using PCR amplification of the rRNA ITS regions revealed the coastal rock lichens could be placed into 8 families and 14 genera, Ramalinaceae (Bacidia, Ramalina), Physciaceae (Buellia, Dirinaria, Phaeophyscia, Physcia, Pyxine), Lecanoraceae (Candelaria, Lecanora), Parmeliaceae (Xanthoparmelia), Graphidaceae (Graphis), Pertusariaceae (Pertusaria), Rhizocarpaceae (Rhizocarpon), and Teloschistaceae (Caloplaca), showing a diversity of lichens, with foliose (flat leaf-like), crustose (crust-like), and fruticose (miniature shrub-like) life forms might be distributed in the coastal rocks. These findings suggested the possibility that the lichens identified in the present work might be resistant to a salty environment. |
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