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In vitro dissociation and reassociation of the symbionts of the lichenHeppia echinulata

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Heppia echinulata, a heteromerous, cyanophilic lichen has been cultured on a nutrient medium containing silica gel powder.

The paper describes the formation of new thalli by dissociation of the components, reversion to their free-living form and complete resynthesis accomplished as a continuous process under the same culture conditions.

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  1. Margalith Galun

    Present address: Department of Botany, The Dr. George S. Wise Center for Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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  1. Department of Botany, The Dr. George S. Wise Center for Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Kela Marton

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Part of a dissertation to be submitted by K.Marton to Tel Aviv University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Marton, K., Galun, M. In vitro dissociation and reassociation of the symbionts of the lichenHeppia echinulata . Protoplasma 87, 135–143 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623964

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