Bubrick, P/ Galun, M 1980: Symbiosis in lichens: differences in cell wall properties of freshly isolated and cultured phycobionts. - FEMS Microbiology Letters7: 311-313. [RLL List # 108-12 / Rec.# 2640] Keywords: CELL WALL/ PHYCOBIONT/ CULTURE/ CON A/ SYMBIOSIS
Abstract: 1 table. [Reports the reappearance of Con A binding sites on phycobiont cell walls following isolation from the lichenized condition. " ... It is suggested that there can be a turnover of components in the original cell wall. Thus, the cell surface modifications of the alga induced by symbiosis are plastic, and can easily be reversed."]