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Hydration in the dark can induce laccase and peroxidase activity in Peltigeralean and non-Peltigeralean lichens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2014

Richard P. BECKETT
Affiliation:
School of Biological and Conservation Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Pietermaritzburg, Scottsville 3209, South Africa. Email: rpbeckett@gmail.com
Farida V. MINIBAYEVA
Affiliation:
Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 30, Kazan 420111, Russia
Alyona VINOGRADOVA
Affiliation:
Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 30, Kazan 420111, Russia
Christiane LIERS
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Dresden, Unit Environmental Biotechnology, International Graduate School of Zittau, D-02763 Zittau, Germany

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Copyright © British Lichen Society 2014 

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