Antioxidants: Classification, Natural Sources, Activity/Capacity Measurements, and Usefulness for the Synthesis of Nanoparticles by Jolanta Flieger, Wojciech Flieger, Jacek Baj, Ryszard Maciejewski

“…Examples of recent studies on the antioxidant activity of natural extracts obtained from different species such as plants, fungi, bacteria, algae, lichens, actinomycetes were collected, giving evaluation methods, reference antioxidants, and details on the preparation of extracts.…”
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Potential greenhouse gases emissions by different plant communities in maritime Antarctica by FLÁVIA R. FERRARI, ANDRÉ THOMAZINI, ANTONIO B. PEREIRA, KURT SPOKAS, CARLOS E.G.R. SCHAEFER

“…Moss Carpets had the highest CH4 emissions and low CO2 production potential. Fruticose Lichens had a CH4 sink effect and the highest values of CO2. …”
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Structural Features of a Post-Clear-Cutting Ecotone between 90-Year-Old Bilberry Spruce Forest and 35-Year-Old Herbs-Forbs Deciduous Stand by Nadezhda V. Genikova, Alexander M. Kryshen, Roman P. Obabko, Anna Yu. Karpechko, Aleksey N. Pekkoev

“…The structure of epiphytic vegetation depends on the habitat conditions—the surface of tree trunks in the transitional zone is better lit and drier than inside the tree stand, which results in a higher abundance of epiphytic lichens of the genus <i>Cladonia</i>. The deciduous–coniferous fine root biomass ratio is dependent on the tree stand structure and is unrelated to ecotone zones. …”
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Plant succession on glacial moraines in the Arctic Brooks Range along a >125,000-year glacial chronosequence/toposequence by Shawnee A. Kasanke, Donald A. Walker, F. Stuart Chapin, Daniel H. Mann

“…Results show that (1) within twenty-two to thirty-six years following deglaciation, primary succession begins with the assembly of small communities of eight to thirteen vascular and nonvascular plant species; (2) species turnover is low, with many pioneer taxa, particularly lichens, persisting at the oldest sites and across all altitudes; and (3) overall, succession is directional and slow, with species richness increasing for up to 25,000 years, and percentage vegetation cover reaching >100 percent on the oldest glacial deposits. …”
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The Application of Aluminium Powder as an Accumulation Medium of Mercury from Air by Innocentia M. Modise, Nikolai Panichev, Khakhathi L. Mandiwana

“…The Hg sampler is presented as an alternative cost-effective sorbent that can be used for the assessment of Hg pollution in atmospheric air in areas where natural bio-indicators such as lichens and moss do not grow, including the urban environments. …”
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Peculiarities of ecological and geological systems of coarse-clastic soil massifs by Korolev V. A.

“…Scale-type epilithic lichens play an important role in the formation of their phytocenoses.…”
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Litavský vápenec zo St. Margarethenu a Fertőrákosu a jeho využitie na Slovensku ako dekoračný kameň by Daniel Pivko

“…Porous limestones are exposed to weathering outdoors, leading to mass loss, flaking, sulphate efflorescence, black crusts from microscopic organisms and the colonization by lichens and mosses. The peak of limestone use for public buildings and sculptures was the years 1745 to 1780 (reign of Maria Theresa), and about 1880 to 1915, when there was relative prosperity and machine production began. …”
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Life strategy of cyanobacterial-algal groups in the extreme habitat establishment by Zh.F. Pivovarova, A.G. Blagodatnova, Z.Z. Bagautdinova

“…With the appearance of lichens and even more so mosses, the distribution of algae becomes “aggregating”. …”

Notes on the distribution, ecology, and life history of Maotoweta virescens (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Macropathinae) and a comparison of two survey methods by James M. H. Tweed, Michael Wakelin, Bruce McKinlay, Tara J. Murray

“…The wētā has also been documented feeding on lichens and dead insects. The species is hypothesized to have a lifecycle of approximately one year, closely linked to season. …”
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Polymorphism of the trehalase gene (TREH) in native populations of Siberia by B. A. Malyarchuk, M. V. Derenko

“…Trehalose, which is found in algae, higher fungi, lichens and some higher plants, is another of the disaccharides, poorly digested by native people of the Far North. …”
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Wound Healing Activity of Methanolic Extract of Protoparmeliopsis muralis on Wounds Infected with Staphylococcus aureus in Wistar Rat by tahere valadbeigi, somaye Rashki

“…Introduction: Lichens are symbiotic associations of a fungus with green alga or cyanobacteria. …”
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Wildfire Smoke Adjustment Factors for Low-Cost and Professional PM_2.5 Monitors with Optical Sensors by William W. Delp, Brett C. Singer

“…Using the Thermo TEOM-FDMS as reference, AFs of professional monitors were 0.85 for Grimm mini wide-range aerosol spectrometer, 0.25 for TSI DustTrak, and 0.53 for Thermo pDR1500; AFs for low-cost monitors were 0.59 for AirVisual Pro, 0.48 for PurpleAir Indoor, 0.46 for Air Quality Egg, and 0.60 for eLichens Indoor Air Quality Pro Station. We also compared public data from 53 PurpleAir PA-II monitors to 12 nearby regulatory monitoring stations impacted by Camp Fire smoke and devices near stations impacted by the Carr and Mendocino Complex Fires in California and the Pole Creek Fire in Utah. …”
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Marine fungi showing multifunctional activity against human pathogenic microbes and cancer by Fuad Ameen, Saleh AlNAdhari, Ali A. Al-Homaidan

“…One hundred strains (98 fungi and 2 lichenized forms) were isolated from 15 locations. One-third of the isolates inhibited clinical bacterial (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella typhi, S. paratyphi) and fungal pathogens (Talaromycets marneffei, Malassezia globose, Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus) and four cancer cell lines (Hep G2 liver, A-549 lung, A-431skin, MCF 7 breast cancer). …”
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Evaluation of Antibacterial Effects of Lecanora muralis SP. Extract on Staphylococcus Aureus and Salmonella Typhimurium in in-vitro and in animal model by Shahrzad Nasisri Semnani, Mehdi Rahnema, Hasan Ghasempour, Hamed Alizadeh

“…The aquatic extracts of the tested lichens didn't show any antibacterial activity on mentioned organisms. …”
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Atraric Acid Ameliorates Hyperpigmentation through the Downregulation of the PKA/CREB/MITF Signaling Pathway by Jing Li, Shengping Jiang, Chengyun Huang, Xiaolong Yang

“…Atraric acid (AA) is derived from lichens and is widely used in perfumes for its desirable scent. …”
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Biomass of karst evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest in central Guizhou province, southwestern China: a comprehensive inventory of a 2 ha plot by Liu, Li-Bin, Wu, Yang-Yang, Hu, Gang, Zhang, Zhong-Hua, Cheng, An-Yun, Wang, Shi-Jie, Ni, Jian

“…Results showed that the total biomass of the forest was 158.1 Mg ha; the total biomass included the major aboveground (137.7 Mg ha) and belowground (20.3 Mg ha) biomass components of vascular plants as well as the minor biomass components of bryophytes (0.078 Mg ha) and lichens (0.043 Mg ha). The necromass was 17.6 Mg ha and included woody debris (9.0 Mg ha) and litter (8.6 Mg ha). …”
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Phylogeny of the genus Loxospora s.l. (Sarrameanales, Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota), with Chicitaea gen. nov. and five new combinations in Chicitaea and Loxospora by Łucja Ptach-Styn, Beata Guzow-Krzemińska, James C. Lendemer, Tor Tønsberg, Martin Kukwa

“…Loxospora is a genus of crustose lichens containing 13 accepted species that can be separated into two groups, based on differences in secondary chemistry that correlate with differences in characters of the sexual reproductive structures (asci and ascospores). …”
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Marine fungi showing multifunctional activity against human pathogenic microbes and cancer. by Fuad Ameen, Saleh AlNAdhari, Ali A Al-Homaidan

“…One hundred strains (98 fungi and 2 lichenized forms) were isolated from 15 locations. One-third of the isolates inhibited clinical bacterial (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella typhi, S. paratyphi) and fungal pathogens (Talaromycets marneffei, Malassezia globose, Cryptococcus neoformans, Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus) and four cancer cell lines (Hep G2 liver, A-549 lung, A-431skin, MCF 7 breast cancer). …”
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The influence of light attenuation on the biogeomorphology of a marine karst cave: A case study of Puerto Princesa Underground River, Palawan, the Philippines by Coombes, M, La Marca, E, Naylor, L, Piccini, L, De Waele, J, Sauro, F

“…Here we describe a semi-quantitative microscopy study comparing the extent, structure, and thickness of biocover and depth of endolithic penetration for samples of rock from the Puerto Princesa Underground River system in Palawan, the Philippines, which is a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site.Organic growth at the entrance of the cave was abundant (100% occurrence) and complex, dominated by phototrophic organisms (green microalgae, diatoms, cyanobacteria, mosses and lichens). Thickness of this layer was 0.28. ±. 0.18. mm with active endolith penetration into the limestone (mean depth. = 0.13. ±. 0.03. mm). …”

Analysis of Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids in Selected Algae and Cyanobacteria by Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography and a Novel MAA from the Red Alga Catenella repens by Anja Hartmann, Kathrin Becker, Ulf Karsten, Daniel Remias, Markus Ganzera

“…Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), a group of small secondary metabolites found in algae, cyanobacteria, lichens and fungi, have become ecologically and pharmacologically relevant because of their pronounced UV-absorbing and photo-protective potential. …”
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