Usnic Acid-Loaded Polymeric Micelles: An Optimal Migrastatic-Acting Formulation in Human SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells by Marzia Vasarri, Linda Ponti, Donatella Degl’Innocenti, Maria Camilla Bergonzi

“…Usnic acid (UA) is one of the most abundant and common metabolites of lichens, known for its numerous pharmacological properties. …”
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EU State Aid Regulation & Incentives for Forest Biodiversity Conservation by Elina Raitanen

“…They are also of particular importance to European and global nature conservation by providing habitats for many rare plants, fungi, mosses and lichens.10 The role of forests varies from one Member State to another and the forest policy falls within the sphere of competence of the Member States. …”
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Mordovia State Nature Reserve's 80th anniversary by Elena V. Vargot

“…Due to the geographical location on the border of three natural zones and a high degree of knowledge of the Mordovia State Nature Reserve, there are noted 344 macromycetes (including 1 species listed in the Red Book of Russian Federation, 15 species included in the main list of the regional Red Data Book); 361 lichens (including 3 species included in the Red Book of Russia and 24 species from the main list of the regional Red Data Book); more than 100 mosses (including 7 species from the main list of the regional Red Data Book); 796 vascular plants (including 3 species from the IUCN list, 3 species included in the Red Book of Russian Federation and 46 species from the main list of the regional Red Data Book); more than 4500 insects (including 11 species from the IUCN list, 11 species from the Red Book of Russian Federation and 53 species from the main list of the regional Red Data Book); 32 fishes (including 1 species from the Red Book of Russian Federation and 11 species included in the main list of the regional Red Data Book); 11 amphibians (including 4 species from the main list of the Red Book of the Republic of Mordovia); 7 reptiles (including 3 species from the Red Book of the Republic of Mordovia); 222 birds (including 2 species from the IUCN list, 20 species included in the Red Book of Russia, and 69 species from the main list of the regional Red Data Book); 65 mammals (including 1 species from the Red Book of Russian Federation and 23 species included in the main list of the regional Red Data Book). …”
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Diaphorin, a Polyketide Produced by a Bacterial Symbiont of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Inhibits the Growth and Cell Division of Bacillus subtilis but Promotes the Growth and Metabol... by Nozomu Tanabe, Rena Takasu, Yuu Hirose, Yasuhiro Kamei, Maki Kondo, Atsushi Nakabachi

“…Diaphorin belongs to the pederin family of bioactive agents found in various host-symbiont systems, including beetles, lichens, and sponges, harboring phylogenetically diverse bacterial producers. …”
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Microclimatic Influences on the Abundance of Three Non-Troglobiont Species by Luca Coppari, Raoul Manenti, Enrico Lunghi

“…On the other hand, the snail tended to be more abundant farther from the cave entrance and in more illuminated cave sectors, probably because sunlight promotes the abundance of some of its trophic resources (e.g., lichens, vegetation). Furthermore, <i>O. oppressus</i> was the only species whose abundance and cave distribution was significantly affected by seasonality. …”
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Crystal Chemistry of the Copper Oxalate Biomineral Moolooite: The First Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction Studies and Thermal Behavior by Ilya V. Kornyakov, Vladislav V. Gurzhiy, Mariya A. Kuz’mina, Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya, Nikita V. Chukanov, Mikhail V. Chislov, Anatolii V. Korneev, Alina R. Izatulina

“…Moolooite, Cu(C₂O₄)·<i>n</i>H₂O, is a typical biomineral which forms due to Cu-bearing minerals coming into contact with oxalic acid sources such as bird guano deposits or lichens, and no single crystals of moolooite of either natural or synthetic origin have been found yet. …”
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Increasing temperature-driven changes in life history traits and gene expression of an Antarctic tardigrade species by Ilaria Giovannini, Ilaria Giovannini, Chiara Manfrin, Samuele Greco, Joel Vincenzi, Tiziana Altiero, Tiziana Altiero, Roberto Guidetti, Roberto Guidetti, Piero Giulianini, Lorena Rebecchi, Lorena Rebecchi

“…Antarctic mosses and lichens host different microbial groups, micro-arthropods and meiofaunal organisms (e.g., tardigrades, rotifers). …”
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Biocrust-linked changes in soil aggregate stability along a climatic gradient in the Chilean Coastal Range by N. Riveras-Muñoz, S. Seitz, K. Witzgall, V. Rodríguez, P. Kühn, C. W. Mueller, R. Oses, O. Seguel, D. Wagner, D. Wagner, T. Scholten

“…<p>Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) composed of cyanobacteria, bacteria, algae, fungi, lichens, and bryophytes stabilize the soil surface. …”
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Back to the roots, desiccation and radiation resistances are ancestral characters in bdelloid rotifers by Boris Hespeels, Diego Fontaneto, Valérie Cornet, Sébastien Penninckx, Jérémy Berthe, Lucie Bruneau, James W. Larrick, Eloïse Rapport, Jérémie Bailly, Nicolas Debortoli, Nataliia Iakovenko, Karel Janko, Anne-Catherine Heuskin, Stéphane Lucas, Bernard Hallet, Karine Van Doninck

“…They have colonized any habitat where liquid water is temporarily available, including terrestrial environments such as soils, mosses, and lichens, tolerating desiccation and other types of stress such as high doses of ionizing radiation (IR). …”
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Successional development of the phototrophic community in biological soil crusts, along with soil formation on Holocene deposits at the Baltic Sea coast by Sandra Kammann, Peter Leinweber, Karin Glaser, Ulf Schiefelbein, Christian Dolnik, Tatiana Mikhailyuk, Eduard Demchenko, Elena Heilmann, Ulf Karsten

“…In total, 25 algal and cyanobacterial species, 16 mosses, and 26 lichens across all sampling sites were determined. …”
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Impact of cost distance and habitat fragmentation on the daily path length of Rhinopithecus bieti by Cong Li, Xumao Zhao, Dayong Li, Paul Alan Garber, Zuofu Xiang, Ming Li, Huijuan Pan

“…We found that undisturbed areas of the bands’ range contained a high density of lichens, which represent a nutritious and abundant and year-round food source for Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys. …”
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Structure-Based Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Assessments of Depsidones as Possible Selective Cannabinoid Receptor Type 2 Agonists by Gamal A. Mohamed, Abdelsattar M. Omar, Dana F. AlKharboush, Mona A. Fallatah, Ikhlas A. Sindi, Dina S. El-Agamy, Sabrin R. M. Ibrahim

“…Depsidones are a class of polyketides that have been separated from lichens, fungi, sponges, and plants and possess various bioactivities, including cytotoxic, antimicrobial, antimalarial, antituberculosis, acetylcholinesterase and α-glucosidase inhibition, and anti-inflammatory effects. …”
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EU State Aid Regulation & Incentives for Forest Biodiversity Conservation by Elina Raitanen

“…They are also of particular importance to European and global nature conservation by providing habitats for many rare plants, fungi, mosses and lichens.10 The role of forests varies from one Member State to another and the forest policy falls within the sphere of competence of the Member States. …”
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Effects of forest fertilization on nitrate and crude protein content in some important reindeer forage species by Gustaf Åhman, Birgitta Åhman

“…In this trial we could not find any higher degree of contamination of nitrate in lichens. The highest value was 0.013% nitrate-N in dry matter (table 1). …”
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Evaluating Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery in Cajander Larch Forests in Northeastern Siberia Using UAV Derived Vegetation Indices by Anna C. Talucci, Elena Forbath, Heather Kropp, Heather D. Alexander, Jennie DeMarco, Alison K. Paulson, Nikita S. Zimov, Sergei Zimov, Michael M. Loranty

“…Cajander larch forests require fire for regeneration but are also slow to accumulate biomass post-fire; thus, tall shrubs and other understory vegetation including grasses, mosses, and lichens dominate for several decades post-fire. Here we aim to evaluate the ability of two vegetation indices, one based on the visible spectrum (GCC; Green Chromatic Coordinate) and one using multispectral data (NDVI; Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), to predict field-based vegetation measures collected across post-fire landscapes of high-latitude Cajander larch forests. …”
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Evaluation of <i>Usnea barbata</i> (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg Extract in Canola Oil Loaded in Bioadhesive Oral Films for Potential Applications in Oral Cavity Infections and Malignanc... by Violeta Popovici, Elena Matei, Georgeta Camelia Cozaru, Laura Bucur, Cerasela Elena Gîrd, Verginica Schröder, Emma Adriana Ozon, Oana Karampelas, Adina Magdalena Musuc, Irina Atkinson, Adriana Rusu, Simona Petrescu, Raul-Augustin Mitran, Mihai Anastasescu, Aureliana Caraiane, Dumitru Lupuliasa, Mariana Aschie, Victoria Badea

“…<i>Usnea</i> lichens are known for their beneficial pharmacological effects with potential applications in oral medicine. …”
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Biocrust carbon exchange varies with crust type and time on Chihuahuan Desert gypsum soils by Mikaela R. Hoellrich, Darren K. James, David Bustos, Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, Louis S. Santiago, Nicole Pietrasiak, Nicole Pietrasiak

“…Samples were then subject to a 12-point light regime with a LI-6400XT photosynthesis system to determine carbon exchange.ResultsBiocrust carbon exchange values differed by biocrust type, by incubation time since wetting, and by date of field sampling. Lichens and mosses had higher gross and net carbon fixation rates than dark and light cyanobacterial crusts. …”
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A Multi-Sensor Unoccupied Aerial System Improves Characterization of Vegetation Composition and Canopy Properties in the Arctic Tundra by Dedi Yang, Ran Meng, Bailey D. Morrison, Andrew McMahon, Wouter Hantson, Daniel J. Hayes, Amy L. Breen, Verity G. Salmon, Shawn P. Serbin

“…The <i>Osprey</i> image products identified significant differences in canopy-scale greenness, canopy height, and surface temperature among PFTs, with deciduous low to tall shrubs having the lowest canopy temperatures while non-vascular lichens had the warmest. The analysis of our hyperspectral data showed that variation in the fractional cover of deciduous low to tall shrubs was effectively characterized by <i>Osprey</i> reflectance measurements across the range of visible to near-infrared wavelengths. …”
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Seasonal changes in reindeer physiology by A. Reeta Pösö

“…The winter feed of the reindeer, the lichens, is poor in nitrogen and the nitrogen balance during winter is strongly negative. …”
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Biologia reprodutiva de Suiriri affinis e S. islerorum (Aves: Tyrannidae) no cerrado do Brasil central by Leonardo Esteves Lopes, Miguel Ângelo Marini

“…All its exterior is ornamented with lichens and dry leaf fragments. All those layers are firmly attached to each other by a large amount of spider web. …”
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