Lichen cell factories: methods for the isolation of photobiont and mycobiont partners for defined pure and co-cultivation

Table 3 The success rate of isolation methods in BBM medium

Method	Inoculates	Successful isolations	Success rate [%]
Ascospore	44	28^a	63.63%
Thallus Yamamoto	202	1	0.49%
Thallus (this study)	64	10	15.6%
Soredia	48	31	64.5%
Conidia	28	no conidia discharged	–
Algae	152	10	%

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