Secondly, lichen thalli from the membranous dog lichen, Peltigera membranacea, were investigated using culture-independent techniques, as well as characterizing cultured isolates and some of the roles the constituent bacteria play in the symbiotic association elucidated.
Í síðari hluta verkefnisins var sýnum af himnuskóf, Peltigera membranacea, safnað. Erfðaefni fléttunnar var einangrað og raðgreint.