David Díaz Escandón
@ddiazescandon.bsky.social
Lichens, bioinformatics, movies and all sort of sugar derivatives maniac
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“Deciphering the biosynthetic pathways of lichen acids.” New Phytologist (2025).
“Deciphering the biosynthetic pathways of lichen acids.” New Phytologist (2025).
Deciphering the biosynthetic pathways of lichen acids
Depsides and depsidones are polyketide-derived lichen acids widely distributed in lichen thalli, yet the biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) responsible for their production remain poorly understood. ...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🔗 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞:
“Deciphering the biosynthetic pathways of lichen acids.” New Phytologist (2025).
“Deciphering the biosynthetic pathways of lichen acids.” New Phytologist (2025).
Reposted by David Díaz Escandón
The full text of the review article, published in Annual Review of Microbiology @annualreviews.bsky.social, is available here: doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Making Fungal-Photobiont Symbioses in the Lab: Past, Present, and Future of the Elusive In Vitro Lichen
The ability to synthesize lichen symbioses in vitro from pure cultures of transformable symbionts would be a game changer for experiments to identify the metabolic interplay that underpins the success...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The full text of the review article, published in Annual Review of Microbiology @annualreviews.bsky.social, is available here: doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Reposted by David Díaz Escandón
It turned out that ‘resynthesis’ has meant many things over time, depending on whom you asked. For some, success was a fully stratified #thallus; for others, just a fungus enclosing a few algal cells was enough to indicate lichen formation. The field never settled where ‘success’ began—or ended. 2/8
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
It turned out that ‘resynthesis’ has meant many things over time, depending on whom you asked. For some, success was a fully stratified #thallus; for others, just a fungus enclosing a few algal cells was enough to indicate lichen formation. The field never settled where ‘success’ began—or ended. 2/8
Reposted by David Díaz Escandón
#microbiota - the community of microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, etc.) associated with a host—in this case, living naturally an invariably (and there is a very cool study on this!) within lichens
Here is something to distract you from the gloom: What can metagenomics tell us about the taxonomic composition of lichen symbioses? A peer-reviewed version of our analysis of >400 lichen metagenomes from around the world is now out in @PLOSBiology 1/12 doi.org/10.1371/jour...
🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🦠 🧫 #SymbioSky
🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🦠 🧫 #SymbioSky
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
#microbiota - the community of microorganisms (bacteria, yeasts, etc.) associated with a host—in this case, living naturally an invariably (and there is a very cool study on this!) within lichens