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Decoupled evolution of antimicrobial repertoires in lichen-forming fungi
Lichens are stable multipartite symbioses in which a fungal mycobiont associates with one or more photosynthetic partners while hosting complex microbiomes. Secreted antimicrobial proteins (AMPs) have...
