Firstly, bacteria were cultured from four saxicolous seashore lichens; Hydropunctaria maura, Verrucaria ceuthocarpa, Caloplaca verruculifera and Lecanora helicopis, which are all commonly found along the Icelandic seashore.
Í fyrri hluta verkefnisins var sýnum af fjórum íslenskum strandfléttum (Hydropunctaria maura, Verrucaria ceuthocarpa, Caloplaca verruculifera and Lecanora helicopis) safnað og ræktanleg bakteríubíóta þeirra greind.