Algae and Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments

By J. Seckbach. 2007

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Still challenging: the ecological function of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin – What we know so far (2018, background): “…are found almost in every imaginable habitat on earth from the ice fields such as the polar and alpine regions to hot springs and deserts (Bhaya et al., 2012; Büdel, 2011; Castenholz, 2015; Sompong et al., 2005; Singh & Elster, 2007; Ward et al., 1998; Whitton, 2012; Zakhia et al., 2008).”
Species concepts and speciation factors in cyanobacteria, with connection to the problems of diversity and classification (2015, background): “Staley (2006) proposed the genomic-phylogenetic species concept, while Achtman and Wagner (2008) adapted the de Queiroz (2005, 2007) general lineage concept to a prokaryote-limited metapopulation lineages concept, requiring only that ‘‘members’’ of a species (lineage) evolve separately from other…”
Lichen traits responding to aridity (2015, background): “The extreme resistance of cyanobacteria to dry conditions has long been the subject of research, and even a book on the ecology Nostoc species, the one present in these dark coloured cyanolichens, is long known (Dodds, Gudder & Mollenhauer 1995; Seckbach 2007; Sand-Jensen & Jespersen 2012).”