Last updated 14 May 2001
New additions since January 2001 marked with [NEW]
Lichen Information System
Lots of info and links on lichens.
[http://www.sbg.ac.at/pfl/projects/lichen/index.htm]
Interactions between silicate minerals and lithobiontic microbial communities (lichens)
From the site: "To explore the hypothesis that reactions occurring at lichen-mineral interfaces are bly impacted by biochemical processes and differ in their rates and products from inorganically-mediated reactions. This system provides an ideal microcosm for modeling interactions between communities of organisms and minerals occurring in rhizospheres, soils, and the subsurface."
[http://geology.wisc.edu/~barker/lichens.html]
Walton Hall nature trail: lichens
Open University Ecology and Conservation Research Group (ECRG). Walton Hall nature trail.
[http://www.open.ac.uk/Nature_Trail/Lichen.htm]
Homepage on lichens and lichenologists
Includes - International Association of Lichenologists at:
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/ial.htm
"The World of Lichenology" at:
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/lichen1.html
and some lichen pictures at:
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/pictures/0.html
[http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/cpsu/hmpage.html]
Dry Rot Research Group [NEW]
At the University of Abertay, Dundee. From the site: "Dry rot is one of the most serious fungal 'diseases' of timber in the built environment. Though methods of treating dry rot are well established these often rely on the removal of large amounts of timber, which may or may not be infected by the causative organism Serpula lacrymans, together with the use of fungitoxic chemicals. The main objective of the Dry Rot Research Group is, by improving basic understanding of the biology of Serpula lacrymans, to develop more sophisticated control methods for the control of the organism."
[http://scieng.tay.ac.uk/dry_rot/]
Mycological Resources on the Internet
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Mycology. From the site: "These pages summarize internet resources of interest to mycologists."
[http://muse.bio.cornell.edu/~fungi/]
The Biodeterioration Society
From the site: "Our aims are to promote the science and technology of biodeterioration, biodegradation and bioremediation. An important objective is to promote research by providing a means of contact between groups with common interests. We organise symposia, meetings and workshops. The Biodeterioration Society was formally established in 1969 as an international, multidisciplinary organisation concerned with the biodeterioration of commercially important materials. The aims are now broader, promoting the science and technology of not only biodeterioration but also biodegradation and bioremediation."
[http://service.shu.ac.uk/biodetsoc/]
Microcore [NEW]
From the site: "Novel Molecular Tools For The Analysis Of Unknown Microbial Communities Of Mural Paintings And Their Implementation Into The Conservation/Restoration Practise. EU Contract ENV4-CT 980705. This proposal represents an integrated approach to the identification of potentially biodeteriorative microbiota using the full range of modern techniques of identification of microorganism including the extraction of the genetic information of uncultivable organisms by DGGE- techniques. In addition two different techniques of in situ hybridisation will be tested to follow the fate and bioresistance of damaging microbiota in the course of biocidal treatments of mural paintings. This novel approach shall enable in the future to get a full picture of microbial risk factors of mural paintings with a minimum of sampling."
[http://www.geomic.uni-oldenburg.de/projekte/microcore/index.html]
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