title: [Lichens: the original symbiotic organism].
abstract: Lichens are symbiotic organisms associating an heterotrophic fungal host and algal and/or cyanobacterial cells as the photoautotrophic partner. This type of symbiosis is unique. The study of lichens with cellular and molecular biology techniques has made significant contributions to our knowledge of this exceptional symbiosis and stimulates further interest in lichenology.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Botanique et de Cryptogamie, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Lille.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Haluwyn
mesh_terms: D008011:Lichens / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology*