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Filamentous cyanobacteria preserved in masses of fungal hyphae from the Triassic of Antarctica
dc.contributor.author | Harper, Carla Jane | |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Edith L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Krings, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-16T20:10:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-16T20:10:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-03-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Harper, C. J., Taylor, E. L., & Krings, M. (2020). Filamentous cyanobacteria preserved in masses of fungal hyphae from the Triassic of Antarctica. PeerJ, 8, e8660. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8660 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/30516 | |
dc.description | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Permineralized peat from the central Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica has provided a wealth of information on plant and fungal diversity in Middle Triassic high-latitude forest paleoecosystems; however, there are no reports as yet of algae or cyanobacteria. The first record of a fossil filamentous cyanobacterium in this peat consists of wide, uniseriate trichomes composed of discoid cells up to 25 µm wide, and enveloped in a distinct sheath. Filament morphology, structurally preserved by permineralization and mineral replacement, corresponds to the fossil genus Palaeo-lyngbya, a predominantly Precambrian equivalent of the extant Lyngbya sensu lato (Oscillatoriaceae, Oscillatoriales). Specimens occur exclusively in masses of interwoven hyphae produced by the fungus Endochaetophora antarctica, suggesting that a special micro-environmental setting was required to preserve the filaments. Whether some form of symbiotic relationship existed between the fungus and cyanobacterium remains unknown. | en_US |
dc.publisher | PeerJ | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2020 Harper et al. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | Endochaetophora antarctica | en_US |
dc.subject | Fungal reproduction | en_US |
dc.subject | Lichen | en_US |
dc.subject | Mesozoic | en_US |
dc.subject | Mucoromycota | en_US |
dc.subject | Oscillatoriaceae | en_US |
dc.subject | Palaeolyngbya | en_US |
dc.subject | Peat | en_US |
dc.subject | Symbiosis | en_US |
dc.title | Filamentous cyanobacteria preserved in masses of fungal hyphae from the Triassic of Antarctica | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Harper, Carla J. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Taylor, Edith L. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Krings, Michael | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
kusw.kudepartment | Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7717/peerj.8660 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | PMC7058104 | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |