Faculty and Researchers

Marina Temina Ph.D.

Researcher Office: Multi-Purpose Building, Room 224 | Phone: 972-4-8249-697 | Fax: 972-4-8288-235 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Subject : Taxonomy, diversity, ecology, phytogeography, and biochemistry of lichens; bioindication Lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Israel | Photo album | Publications | CV

Research Interests

• Biology, taxonomy, ecology and diversity of lichen
• Evolution and phylogeographia of lichen
• Biologically active metabolites in lichens
• Bioindication and biomonitoring

Selected Publications

Juriado I., Lohmus P., Martin J., Martin L., Nilson E., Piin T., Randlane T., Saag A., Saag L., Sarv M., Suija A., Temina M., Trass H. 1999. Second checklist of lichenized, lichenicolous and allied fungi of Estonia. Folia Cryptog. Estonica 35, 132 pp.

Temina M., Kondratyuk S.Ya., Zelenko S.D., Wasser S.P., Nevo E. 2005. Lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of Israel. Wasser S.P., Nevo E. (eds.) A.R.A.Ganter Verlag K.-G., Ruggell, 384 pp.

Torres A., Pergament I., Smoum R., Niddam V., Dembitsky V.M., Temina M., Hochberg M., Dor I., Enk D.C., Lev O., Srebnik M. 2004. A new UVB-absorbing mycosporine with photo-protective activity from the lichenized ascomycete Collema cristatum. European Journal of Biochemistry 271: 780-784. (Link)

Rezanka T., Temina M.,Hanus L., Dembitsky V.M. 2004. The tornabeatins, four tetrahydro-2-furanone derivatives from the lichenized ascomycete Tornabea scutellifera (With.) J.R. Laundon. Phytochemistry 65: 2605-2612. (Link)  

Temina M., Wasser S.P., Nevo E. 2004. New records of lichenized fungi from the Near East. Mycologia Balcanica 1(2): 139-151. (Link)

Rezanka T., Temina M., Tolstikov A.G., Dembitsky V.M. 2004. Natural Microbial UV Radiation Filters - Mycosporine-like Amino Acids. Folia Microbiologica 49(4): 339-352. (Link)

Temina M., Nevo E., Wasser S.P. 2005. The lichen genus Acarospora in Israel and its vicinity. Nova Hedwigia 80(3):433-452. (Link)

Temina M., Rezankova H., Rezanka T., Dembitsky V.M. 2007. Diversity of the fatty acids of the Nostoc species and their statistical analysis. Microbiological Research 162: 308-321. (Link)

Hanus L.O., Temina M., Dembitsky V.M. 2008. Biodiversity of the chemical constituents in the epiphytic lichenized ascomycete Ramalina lacera grown on difference substrates Crataegus sinaicus, Pinus halepensis, and Quercus calliprinos. Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 152 (2): 203-208. (Link)

Hanus L.O., Temina M., Dembitsky V.M. 2008. Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of Some Phenolic Metabolites Isolated from the Lichenized Ascomycete Ramalina lacera. Natural Product Communications 3(2): 233-236.

Kidron G.J., Temina M. 2008. The mycobiont role in the expansion of the lichen Caloplaca alociza on cobbles in the Negev Desert. Geomicrobiology Journal 25: 95-100. (Link)

Temina M.,Andreev M.P., Barinova S., Nevo, E. 2009.Diversity and ecology of epiphytic lichens in "Evolution Canyon" II, lower Nahal Keziv, Upper Western Galilee, Israel. Turkish Journal of Botany 33: 263-275.(Link)

Temina M., Nevo E. 2009. Lichens of Israel: diversity, ecology, and distribution. In: Krupp F., Musselman L.J., Kotb M.M.A., Weidig I. (eds) Environment, Biodiversity and Conservation in the Middle East. Proceedings of the First Middle Eastern Biodiversity Congress, Aqaba, Jordan, 20-23 October 2008. BioRisk 3: 127-136. (Link)

Temina M., Levitsky D.O., Dembitsky V.M. 2010. Chemical Constituents of the Epiphytic and Lithophilic Lichens of the Genus Collema. Records of Natural Products 4(1): 79-86. (Link)