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VESICLES IN THE PHYCOBIONT SHEATH AS POSSIBLE TRANSFER STRUCTURES BETWEEN THE SYMBIONTS IN THE LICHEN LICHINA PYGMAEA
Author(s) -
PEVELING ELISABETH
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1973.tb02041.x
Subject(s) - lichen , vesicle , biology , botany , ultrastructure , biophysics , biochemistry , membrane
SUMMARY In the lichen Lichina pygmaea , there are numerous vesicles in the fibrillar sheath of the phycobiont (a blue‐green alga of the genus Calothrix ). The possible function of these vesicles is discussed in connection with the metabolic exchange between the symbionts.