Life in extreme environments: Survival strategy of the endolithic desert lichen Verrucaria rubrocincta

Agriculture & Biology

• algae 24%
• biomineralization 41%
• carbon 19%
• coatings 12%
• dates (fruit) 12%
• deserts 57%
• hyphae 14%
• lichens 61%
• light intensity 27%
• oxygen 10%
• photosynthetically active radiation 17%
• rocks 43%
• Sonoran Desert 21%
• summer 19%
• sunscreens 20%
• surface temperature 17%
• traps 12%
• ultraviolet radiation 13%
• Verrucaria 100%
• water 6%
• winter 9%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• alga 11%
• anatomy 6%
• biodegradation 11%
• biomineralization 16%
• caliche 70%
• carbon 7%
• coating 5%
• cross section 5%
• desert 50%
• lichen 65%
• light intensity 14%
• micrite 79%
• moisture 5%
• photosynthetically active radiation 7%
• rock 9%
• summer 7%
• surface temperature 5%
• zonation 6%