Secondary Substance and Quod Quid Erat Esse in advance

Author(s):  
Elliot Polsky ◽  
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Author(s):  
BARBARA GELLER ◽  
THOMAS B. COOPER ◽  
KAI SUN ◽  
BETSY ZIMERMAN ◽  
JEANNE FRAZIER ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cameron B. WILLIAMS ◽  
Leif TIBELL

Abstract:We describe Calicium sequoiae as a new species of lichenized Ascomycota from north-western California, USA. The species is distinguished morphologically from other known members of Calicium by its stalks that react I+ blue, mature ascospores that are ornamented with spiral ridges, and apothecia that produce prominent white pruina. It is also the only Calicium known to produce thamnolic acid as a major secondary substance. Sequences from the ITS-region showed C. sequoiae to be unique among calicioid Physciaceae, and phylogenetic analysis positioned it close to C. adspersum, C. chlorosporum, C. lenticulare, Cyphelium notarisii, and C. tigillare. Thus far, Calicium sequoiae has been collected only from old-growth redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests, where it occurred on thick, fibrous bark of large redwood trees. A key to the 12 species of Calicium known from the Pacific Northwest is provided.


2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Fossey ◽  
Michael W. Otto ◽  
William R. Yates ◽  
Steve R. Wisniewski ◽  
Laszlo Gyulai ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 33-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Farkas ◽  
B. Biró ◽  
K. Szabó ◽  
K. Veres ◽  
Zs. Csintalan ◽  
...  

The terricolous species Cladonia foliacea (Cladoniaceae, lichenised Ascomycota) widely distributed in open, dry lowland steppe and rocky mountain grassland vegetation in Europe was chosen as a potential test organism for ecological experiments, since their thalli are producing cortical solar radiation-protective and UV screening pigment dibenzofuran usnic acid and medullary secondary substance depsidone fumarprotocetraric acid. Significant seasonal differences were found in the amounts of lichen secondary metabolites analysed by HPTLC and HPLC-PDA between summer and winter collected thalli in sandy grassland area in Hungary. The concentrations of usnic acid varied between 7.34 and 15.52 mg/g in summer collected samples and 13.90 and 21.61 mg/g in winter collected ones. A comparable amount (11.61±0.29 mg/g) was measured in pulverised samples. The concentrations of fumarprotocetraric acid varied between 0.60 and 3.01 mg/g in summer collected samples and 2.26 and 5.81 mg/g in winter collected thalli. A comparable amount (2.45±0.21 mg/g) was found in pulverised samples. The range of concentration values is comparable with data known from lichens. A higher amount of usnic acid is produced in winter probably to ensure sufficient protection also for summer. The fumarprotocetraric acid content of the medulla might contribute to the solar irradiation reflecting role of the pale lower surface lobes turning upwards in dry condition.


1986 ◽  
Vol 41 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1040-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Maisch ◽  
B. Knoop ◽  
R. Beiderbeck

Abstract The release of secondary substances from plant cell suspensions can be enhanced by the addition of adsorbents to the culture medium. Tobacco cells react to a variety of different adsor­bents (Florisil. raw silk. Polyclar AT. and the adsorber resins XAD-4 and XAD-7) with important qualitative and quantitative changes of their secondary substance pattern, in some cases without changes of growth.


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