El discurso moral: la violencia naturalizada como la lucha del bien contra el mal

Papers included in this thesis

The thesis is based on the following articles, which are referred to in the text by their Roman numerals (I–XII, in a chronological order):

I Dotzler, N., Krings, M., Taylor, T.N., Agerer, R. (2006): Germination shields in Scutellospora (Glomeromycota: Diversisporales, Gigasporaceae) from the 400 million- year-old Rhynie chert. – Mycological Progress 5, 178–18

DOI: 10.1007/s11557-006-0511-z; With permission from Springer

II Krings, M., Taylor, T.N., Hass, H., Kerp, H., Dotzler, N., Hermsen, E.J. (2007): Fungal endophytes in a 400-million-yr-old land plant: infection pathways, spatial distribution, and host responses. – New Phytologist 174, 648–657

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02008.x; With permission from Wiley-Blackwell

III Krings, M., Taylor, T.N., Hass, H., Kerp, H., Dotzler, N., Hermsen, E.J. (2007): An alternative mode of early land plant colonization by putative endomycorrhizal fungi. – Plant Signaling & Behavior 2, 125–126

IV Dotzler, N., Taylor, T.N., Krings, M. (2007): A prasinophycean alga of the genus Cyma- tiosphaera in the Early Devonian Rhynie chert. – Review of Palaeobotany and Palyno- logy 147, 106–111

DOI:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.07.001; With permission from Elsevier

V Krings, M., Dotzler, N., Taylor, T.N., Galtier, J. (2007): A microfungal assemblage in Lepidodendron from the upper Viséan (Carboniferous) of central France. – Comptes Rendus Palevol 6, 431–436

DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2007.09.008; With permission from Elsevier

VI Krings, M., Kerp, H., Hass, H., Taylor, T.N., Dotzler, N. (2007): A filamentous cyano- bacterium showing structured colonial growth from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert. – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 146, 265–276

DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.05.002; With permission from Elsevier

VII Dotzler, N., Krings, M., Agerer, R., Galtier, J., Taylor, T.N. (2008): Combresomyces cornifer gen. sp. nov., a peronosporomycete in Lepidodendron from the Carboniferous of central France. – Mycological Research 112, 1107–1114

VIII Krings, M., Hass, H., Kerp, H., Taylor, T.N., Agerer, R., Dotzler, N. (2008): Endophytic cyanobacteria in a 400-million-yr-old land plant: a scenario for the origin of a symbiosis? – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 153, 62–69

DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.06.006; With permission from Elsevier

IX Krings, M., Dotzler, N., Taylor, T.N. (2009): Globicultrix nugax nov. gen. et nov. spec. (Chytridiomycota), an intrusive microfungus in fungal spores from the Rhynie chert. – Zitteliana A, 48/49, 165–170

X Dotzler, N., Walker, C., Krings, M., Hass, H., Kerp, H., Taylor, T.N., Agerer, R. (2009): Acaulosporoid glomeromycotan spores with a germination shield from the 400-million- yr-old Rhynie chert. – Mycological Progress, 8, 9–18

DOI: 10.1007/s11557-008-0573-1; With permission from Springer

XI Krings, M., Dotzler, N., Galtier, J., Taylor, T.N. (2009): Microfungi from the upper Visean (Mississippian) of central France: Chytridiomycota and chytrid-like remains of uncertain affinity. – Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 156, 319–328

DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.03.011; With permission from Elsevier

XII Krings, M., Dotzler, N., Longcore, J.E., Taylor, T.N. (accepted): An unusual micro- fungus in a fungal spore from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert. – Palaeontology DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.03.011; With permission from Wiley-Blackwell

Authors contribution to each paper (%)

Nora Dotzler…

I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII

discovered the specimens

yes no no yes yes no yes no yes in

part in part yes designed and conducted the research 100 25 25 100 40 10 100 10 50 100 50 50 wrote the manuscript 90 0 0 100 25 25 90 0 25 90 25 25 prepared the artwork 100 75 75 100 100 50 100 50 100 100 100 100

I hereby confirm the above statements

______________________ ______________________ Prof. Dr. Reinhard. Agerer Prof. Dr. Michael Krings

Taxonomic novelties in this study:

Scutellosporites devonicus Dotzler et al. paper I Croftalania venusta Krings et al. paper VI Combresomyces cornifer Dotzler et al. paper VII Globicultrix nugax Krings et al. paper IX Kryphiomyces catenulatus Krings et al. paper XI

Curriculum vitae

Personal Details

Name: Nora Luise Dotzler Date of Birth: June 29, 1979 Place of Birth: Passau, Germany Nationality: German

Education:

1985 – 1987 Grundschule Großkarolinenfeld 1987 – 1989 Volks- und Teilhauptschule Hochstätt 1989 – 1998 Ignaz-Günther-Gymnasium Rosenheim Academic Training:

1998 – 2004 Ludwigs Maximilians University (LMU) of Munich Studies in Biology (Diplom)

2004 – 2005 LMU Munich, Botanical Institute

Diploma Thesis: "Stabilisierung und Anreicherung solubilisierter Proteinkomplexe der Thylakoidmembran aus Hordeum vulgare (L.)"

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lutz Eichacker

2005 – 2009 LMU Munich, Bayerische Staatsammlung für Geologie und Paläontologie PhD Thesis: „Microbial life in the late Paleozoic: new discoveries from the Early Devonian and Carboniferous“

Acknowledgments

I am deeply indebted to my advisor Prof. Dr. Michael Krings for the possibility to study such an exciting research topic and for sharing his knowledge about fossil microorganisms with me. I also would like to thank him for his great support, constructive discussion, his patience in proofreading and valuable comments. I am also very grateful to Prof. Dr. Reinhard Agerer, for his helpful advice, support, enthusiasm and encouragement throughout my research, and for sharing his knowledge about extant fungi with me.

This study would not have been possible without the help of many people. I wish to extend my sincere appreciation to Drs Jean Dejax, Dario De Franceschi, and Prof. Dr. Jean Broutin (all Paris, France) for making the slides from the “collection Renault” available and for their continued support of my work. Cathleen Helbig (Munich) is thanked for training me in the preparation of petrographic thin sections, and Hagen Hass (Münster) for providing his excellent slides and images of Rhynie chert microorganisms. Furthermore I want to thank Prof. Dr. Hans Kerp (Münster) and Prof. Dr. Jean Galtier (Montpellier, France) for their contributions to the project, and Prof. Dr. Joyce E. Longcore (Orono, ME, U.S.A.), Dr. Gary Mullins (Leicester, U.K.), Prof. Dr. Arthur Schüßler (Munich), and especially Prof. Dr. Chris Walker (Edinburgh, U.K.) for valuable information, constructive discussions, and very pleasant personal contact. Very special thanks go to Prof. Dr. Thomas N. Taylor (Lawrence, KS, U.S.A) simply for everything that he did to support my research and career.

I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Lutz Eichacker (Munich, now Stavanger, Norway) and Prof. Dr. Bettina Reichenbacher (Munich) for employing me as a student assistant. These jobs were not only financially valuable, but also provided me with interesting insights into other research topics.

While working on this thesis, I also profited from conversation with many colleagues, especially the members of Prof. Agerer´s mycology work group and the members of the daily three o’clock coffee break group at the Bavarian State Collection of Paleontology and Geology. I also want to thank the members of the “AG Eichacker” for the really good times we had in the lab.

Axel Masanek is acknowledged for kindly allowing me to win our “dissertation race”. I am deeply indebted to my parents for their interest in my research, their motivation and especially for their endless and uncomplaining support in every aspect.