Gulnara Tagirdzhanova

Gulnara Tagirdzhanova

Postdoc studying lichen symbiosis with meta-omics and cell biology tools

Publications

See also my Google Scholar and Research Gate pages

Preprints

  1. Tagirdzhanova G., Scharnagl K., Sahu N., … & Talbot N. J. 2024. Multipartite complexity of the lichen symbiosis revealed by metagenome and transcriptome analysis of Xanthoria parietina. Link to article

Papers

  1. Tagirdzhanova G., Saary P., Cameron E.S., … & Spribille T. 2024. Microbial occurrence and symbiont detection in a global sample of lichen metagenomes. PLOS Biology 22(11): e3002862. Link to article

  2. Tagirdzhanova G., Scharnagl K., Yan X., Talbot N. J. 2023. Genomic analysis of Coccomyxa viridis, a common low-abundance alga associated with lichen symbioses. Scientific Reports 13: 21285. Link to article

  3. Scharnagl K., Tagirdzhanova G., Talbot N. J. 2023. The coming golden age for lichen biology. Current Biology 33(11): PR512-R518.

  4. Díaz-Escandón D., Tagirdzhanova G., Vanderpool D., … & Spribille T. 2022. Genome-level analyses resolve an ancient lineage of symbiotic ascomycetes. Current Biology 32: 1–10. Link to article

  5. Resl P., Bujold A. R., Tagirdzhanova G., … Spribille T. 2022. Large differences in carbohydrate degradation and transport potential in the genomes of lichen fungal symbionts. Nature Communications 13: 2634. Link to article

  6. Spribille T., Resl P., Stanton D., Tagirdzhanova G. 2022. Evolutionary biology of lichen symbioses. New Phytologist 234(5): 1566–1582. Link to article

  7. Tagirdzhanova G., McCutcheon J. P., Spribille T. 2021. Lichen fungi do not depend on the alga for ATP production: a comment on Pogoda et al. (2018). Molecular Ecology 30(17): 4155-4159. Link to article

  8. Tagirdzhanova G., Saary P., Tingley J., Diaz Escandon D., Abbott W., Finn R., Spribille T. Predicted input of uncultured fungal symbionts to a lichen symbiosis from metagenome-assembled genomes. 2021. Genome Biology and Evolution Link to article

  9. Spribille T., Tagirdzhanova G., Goyette S., Tuovinen V., Case R., Zandberg W. 2020. 3D biofilms: in search of the polysaccharides holding together lichen symbioses. FEMS Microbiology Letters 367(5): p.fnaa023. Download PDF

  10. Tagirdzhanova G., Stepanchikova I., Himelbrant D., Vyatkina M., Dyomina A., Dirksen V., Scheidegger C. 2019. Distribution and assessment of the conservation status of Erioderma pedicellatum in Asia. Lichenologist 51(6): 575-585. Link to article

  11. Himelbrant D. E., Stepanchikova I. S., Motiejūnaitė J., Kuznetsova E. S., Tagirdzhanova G., Frolov I. V. 2019. New records of lichens and allied fungi from the Leningrad Region, Russia. X. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 56: 23-29.

  12. Motiejunaite J., Chesnokov S. V., Czarnota P., Gagarina L. V., Frolov I., Himelbrant D., Konoreva L., Kubiak D., Kukwa M., Moisejevs R., Suija A., Tagirdzhanova G., Thell A., Stepanchikova, I. 2016. Ninety-One Species of Lichens and Allied Fungi New to Latvia with a List of Additional Records from Kurzeme. Herzogia 29(1): 143–163. Link to article

  13. Himelbrant D. E., Stepanchikova I. S., Tagirdzhanova G. M. 2016. The lichens and allied fungi of the Oranienbaumsky Prospective Protected Area (St. Petersburg). Novitates systematicae plantarum non vascularum 50: 210–230.

  14. Himelbrant D. E., Stepanchikova I. S., Motiejūnaitė J., Vondrak J., Tagirdzhanova G. M., Gagarina L. V., Kuznetsova E. S. 2015. New records of lichens and allied fungi from the Leningrad Region, Russia. VI. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 52: 21–28.

  15. Stepanchikova I. S., Gagarina L. V., Tagirdzhanova G. M., Himelbrant D. E. 2015. The lichens of juniper communities of Shuryagsky Cape (Leningrad Region). Vestnik Tverskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Biology and Ecology series 34: 121–126. (in Russian, English summary).

  16. Stepanchikova I. S., Himelbrant D. E., Dyomina A. V., Tagirdzhanova G. M. 2015. The lichens and allied fungi of the Zapadny Kotlin protected area and its vicinities (Saint Petersburg). Novitates systematicae plantarum non vascularum 49: 265–281.

  17. Tagirdzhanova G. M., Kataeva O. A., Stepanchikova I. S. 2014. New lichen records from the Novgorod Region, Russia. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 51: 103–107.Download PDF

  18. Himelbrant D. E., Motiejūnaitė J., Stepanchikova I. S., Tagirdzhanova G. M. 2014. New records of lichens and allied fungi from the Leningrad Region, Russia. V. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 51: 49–55.

  19. Sorokina I. A., Himelbrant D. E., Stepanchikova I. S., Spirin V. A., Efimov P. G., Kushnevskaya E. V., Kuznetsova E. S., Chirkova G. A., Gagarina L. V., Liksakova N. S., Bol’shanin A. A., Tagirdzhanova G. M. 2013. Forest certification as a tool for detection and conservation of biologically valuable forests and scientific research in the eastern part of Leningrad Region. Vestnik Tverskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta, Biology and Ecology series 32: 246–264. (In Russian, English summary).

  20. Stepanchikova I. S., Tagirdzhanova G. M., Himelbrant D. E. 2013. The lichens and allied fungi of the Smorodinka River valley (Leningrad Region). Novitates systematicae plantarum non vascularum 47: 262–278.

Book chapters

  1. Tagirdzhanova G. Boreal Felt Lichen, an endangered cyanolichen Erioderma pedicellatum. In: DiPaolo D., Villella J. (Eds.). Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation. In press.

  2. Tagirdzhanova G. M. 2018. Lobaria scrobiculata. In Geltman D. (Ed.). Red Data Book of Leningrad Region: Plants. P. 519-520. (in Russian).

  3. Tagirdzhanova G. M. 2018. Lobaria pulmonaria. In Geltman D. (Ed.). Red Data Book of Leningrad Region: Plants. P. 781-782. (in Russian).

Published conference abstracts

  1. Tagirdzhanova G., Spribille T. 2019. Genome heterogeneity affecting binning of complex fungal communities. BMC Bioinformatics 20 (Suppl 17): P7.