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Fungi-cyanobacteria associations
Ko-Hsuan Chen1, Romain Darnajoux2, Nicolas Magain3
1Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Current Biology : CB
|June 10, 2025
Abstract:
In this quick guide, Chen et al. introduce the various symbiotic interactions that are found between fungi and cyanobacteria, as seen for example in the cyanolichens.
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