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The Microbiological Society of Korea (한국미생물학회)
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Introduction of Saxicolous Lichens Distributed in Coastal Rocks of U-do Islet in Jeju, Korea

  • Kahng Hyung-Yeel (Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University, Korean Lichen Research Institute) ;
  • Yoon Byoung-Jun (Korean Lichen Research Institute) ;
  • Kim Sung-Hyun (Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Shin Duck-Ja (Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Hur Jae-Seoun (Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University, Korean Lichen Research Institute) ;
  • Kim Hyun-Woo (Department of Environmental Education, Sunchon National University, Korean Lichen Research Institute) ;
  • Kang Eui-Sung (Korean Lichen Research Institute, Department of Computer Education, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Oh Kye-Heon (Department of Applied Biology, Sunchon National University) ;
  • Koh Young Jin (Korean Lichen Research Institute, Department of Life Science, Soonchunhyang University)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

This study reports, for the first time, the ivestigation of the distribution of Korean saxicolous lichens in the coastal rocks of U-do islet, which is known as an unpolluted zone in Jeju. More than thirty lichens were obtained and investigated from the coastal rocks frequently contacted by seawater. A molecular analysis using PCR amplification of the rRNA ITS regions revealed the coastal rock lichens could be placed into 8 families and 14 genera, Ramalinaceae (Bacidia, Ramalina), Physciaceae (Buellia, Dirinaria, Phaeophyscia, Physcia, Pyxine), Lecanoraceae (Candelaria, Lecanora), Parmeliaceae (Xan­thopannelia), Graphidaceae (Graphis), Pertusariaceae (Pertusaria), Rhizocarpaceae (Rhizocarpon), and Teloschistaceae (Caloplaca), showing a diversity of lichens, with foliose (flat leaf-like), crustose (crust­like), and fruticose (miniature shrub-like) life forms might be distributed in the coastal rocks. These findings suggested the possibility that the lichens identified in the present work might be resistant to a salty environment.

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