{"title":"Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in Phycological Research 71 (3)","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/pre.12527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12527","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47728304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Left panel: Lateral view of a lenticular cell of Valonia utricularis at the beginning (upper) and the end (lower) of a 22‐hr observation. Arrowheads with numbers indicate carbon particles along the cell outline. Right panel: (upper) Changes in cell outline and position of the numbered carbon particles in the lenticular cell at 2‐hr intervals. (lower) The segmental extension profile of the lenticular cell showing the anisotropic cell surface growth. Numbers represent those used for labelling the carbon particles. See Mine et al. in this issue for details.
{"title":"Issue Information","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/pre.12494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12494","url":null,"abstract":"Left panel: Lateral view of a lenticular cell of Valonia utricularis at the beginning (upper) and the end (lower) of a 22‐hr observation. Arrowheads with numbers indicate carbon particles along the cell outline. Right panel: (upper) Changes in cell outline and position of the numbered carbon particles in the lenticular cell at 2‐hr intervals. (lower) The segmental extension profile of the lenticular cell showing the anisotropic cell surface growth. Numbers represent those used for labelling the carbon particles. See Mine et al. in this issue for details.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42826478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Izu Islands of southcentral Japan are thought to fall within the distribution range of Neoporphyra dentata. However, the gametophytic blades of Bangiales collected from Shikinejima and Hachijojima, Izu Islands, were identified as Neoporphyra haitanensis in our previous study. Thus, it became uncertain whether N. dentata is distributed in the Izu Islands, including Shikinejima. To clarify whether N. dentata grows on Shikinejima, we conducted a further distribution survey of N. dentata on the island. The morphological features of the blade samples collected from an additional sampling site on Shikinejima were more similar to those of N. dentata than to those of N. haitanensis: the blade thickness and the division formula of spermatangia resembled those of the former species rather than the latter species. However, the division formula of zygotosporangia was different from those of either species. The phylogenetic analyses of the rbcL gene indicated that the samples were resolved in a clade including N. dentata collected from Shirahama, Chiba Prefecture, and Enoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. The p‐distances of the chloroplast rbcL gene and nuclear 18S rRNA also supported identification of the samples as N. dentata. The results demonstrated that N. dentata is also distributed on Shikinejima with co‐occurring N. haitanensis, and that the island materials of the two species are genetically different from other materials of the two species, respectively.
{"title":"Confirmation of Neoporphyra cf. dentata on Shikinejima, Izu Islands, southcentral Japan, and comparison with co‐occurring Neoporphyra haitanensis","authors":"Miku Okamoto, Airi Ikeura, M. Tamaki, K. Niwa","doi":"10.1111/pre.12522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12522","url":null,"abstract":"The Izu Islands of southcentral Japan are thought to fall within the distribution range of Neoporphyra dentata. However, the gametophytic blades of Bangiales collected from Shikinejima and Hachijojima, Izu Islands, were identified as Neoporphyra haitanensis in our previous study. Thus, it became uncertain whether N. dentata is distributed in the Izu Islands, including Shikinejima. To clarify whether N. dentata grows on Shikinejima, we conducted a further distribution survey of N. dentata on the island. The morphological features of the blade samples collected from an additional sampling site on Shikinejima were more similar to those of N. dentata than to those of N. haitanensis: the blade thickness and the division formula of spermatangia resembled those of the former species rather than the latter species. However, the division formula of zygotosporangia was different from those of either species. The phylogenetic analyses of the rbcL gene indicated that the samples were resolved in a clade including N. dentata collected from Shirahama, Chiba Prefecture, and Enoshima, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. The p‐distances of the chloroplast rbcL gene and nuclear 18S rRNA also supported identification of the samples as N. dentata. The results demonstrated that N. dentata is also distributed on Shikinejima with co‐occurring N. haitanensis, and that the island materials of the two species are genetically different from other materials of the two species, respectively.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46340557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Sugawara, Hidekazu Suzuki, M. Kamiya, Keigo Osada, A. Witkowski
The canal‐bearing diatom genus Nagumoea, described based on only morphological evidence, was tentatively assigned to the order Bacillariales, although its phylogenetic position remained unclear. Because three isolates of Nagumoea (SK002, SK024 and SK053) were successfully established from Japanese coasts, we performed their morphological observations and molecular phylogenetic analyses to discuss the phylogeny and taxonomic position of this genus. Strains SK002 and SK024 were identified as Nagumoea africana, whereas SK053 conformed with Nagumoea serrata. There was high interspecific divergence between N. africana and N. serrata in the rbcL sequences (8.03–8.17%), indicating their distinctness. Furthermore, intraspecific variations were detected within N. africana (2.35%) in the rbcL, implying its cryptic diversity. The maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic trees inferred from the plastid rbcL, psbC and nuclear 18S rDNA genes recovered Nagumoea as monophyletic with strong statistical support and embedded within an unresolved, poorly supported lineage containing Achnanthes, Craspedostauros, Staurotropis and Undatella in the canal‐bearing order Bacillariales (= the family Bacillariaceae). Although the constrained tree based on the monophyly of Nagumoea and the other canal‐bearing clade (Surirellales and Rhopalodiales) was statistically rejected by the topology tests, the phylogenetic position of Nagumoea with other Bacillarialean members remains equivocal. The possession of two plastids positioned fore and aft, observed in the present study, and lack of keel, typical of the Bacillariales, indicate the possibility of Nagumoea being part of the ingroup of the Bacillariales or its closely related outgroup.
{"title":"Morphology and molecular phylogeny of the marine diatom genus Nagumoea (Bacillariophyceae) from Japan","authors":"K. Sugawara, Hidekazu Suzuki, M. Kamiya, Keigo Osada, A. Witkowski","doi":"10.1111/pre.12521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12521","url":null,"abstract":"The canal‐bearing diatom genus Nagumoea, described based on only morphological evidence, was tentatively assigned to the order Bacillariales, although its phylogenetic position remained unclear. Because three isolates of Nagumoea (SK002, SK024 and SK053) were successfully established from Japanese coasts, we performed their morphological observations and molecular phylogenetic analyses to discuss the phylogeny and taxonomic position of this genus. Strains SK002 and SK024 were identified as Nagumoea africana, whereas SK053 conformed with Nagumoea serrata. There was high interspecific divergence between N. africana and N. serrata in the rbcL sequences (8.03–8.17%), indicating their distinctness. Furthermore, intraspecific variations were detected within N. africana (2.35%) in the rbcL, implying its cryptic diversity. The maximum likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic trees inferred from the plastid rbcL, psbC and nuclear 18S rDNA genes recovered Nagumoea as monophyletic with strong statistical support and embedded within an unresolved, poorly supported lineage containing Achnanthes, Craspedostauros, Staurotropis and Undatella in the canal‐bearing order Bacillariales (= the family Bacillariaceae). Although the constrained tree based on the monophyly of Nagumoea and the other canal‐bearing clade (Surirellales and Rhopalodiales) was statistically rejected by the topology tests, the phylogenetic position of Nagumoea with other Bacillarialean members remains equivocal. The possession of two plastids positioned fore and aft, observed in the present study, and lack of keel, typical of the Bacillariales, indicate the possibility of Nagumoea being part of the ingroup of the Bacillariales or its closely related outgroup.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48442496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
During cell division of the giant‐celled green alga, Valonia utricularis, a lenticular cell is newly formed, which grows from disc‐shaped to globular to obovoid. During the early developmental stages of growth, the cell surface shows a remarkable outward protrusion. In the present study, the anisotropy of cell growth, i.e. the difference between cell surface extension in meridional and radial orientation, was investigated by analyzing the movement of the surface markers in a living cell. Growth was isotropic around the cell zenith but of two different kinds of anisotropic growth in other regions; radial extension was dominant in cell periphery and meridional extension in intermediate regions between zenith and periphery. Moreover, local orientation of cellulose microfibrils was observed on the inner surface of the cell wall during different stages of early development in lenticular cell using an atomic force microscope. Cellulose microfibrils showed meridional orientation overall and this phenomenon was most remarkable in the periphery of the cell, suggesting the possibility of cellulose microfibrils promoting radial extension of cells by suppressing meridional extension of cell wall.
{"title":"Anisotropic cell growth and cell wall structure in lenticular cell of Valonia utricularis (Ulvophyceae)","authors":"I. Mine, Y. Inoue, Takuji Yamamoto, S. Sekida","doi":"10.1111/pre.12520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12520","url":null,"abstract":"During cell division of the giant‐celled green alga, Valonia utricularis, a lenticular cell is newly formed, which grows from disc‐shaped to globular to obovoid. During the early developmental stages of growth, the cell surface shows a remarkable outward protrusion. In the present study, the anisotropy of cell growth, i.e. the difference between cell surface extension in meridional and radial orientation, was investigated by analyzing the movement of the surface markers in a living cell. Growth was isotropic around the cell zenith but of two different kinds of anisotropic growth in other regions; radial extension was dominant in cell periphery and meridional extension in intermediate regions between zenith and periphery. Moreover, local orientation of cellulose microfibrils was observed on the inner surface of the cell wall during different stages of early development in lenticular cell using an atomic force microscope. Cellulose microfibrils showed meridional orientation overall and this phenomenon was most remarkable in the periphery of the cell, suggesting the possibility of cellulose microfibrils promoting radial extension of cells by suppressing meridional extension of cell wall.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45921023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A tidal pool dinoflagellate, Chiharadinium hexapraecingulum (T. Horiguchi & Chihara) Dawut & T. Horiguchi gen. & comb. nov. Upper row: Light micrographs of lateral view, ventral view, epifluorescence micrograph of motile cells and scanning electron micrograph of apical view of a cell. Lower row: Scanning electron micrographs of ventral view, left lateral view and antapical view of motile cells. Establishment of a new genus Chiharadinium is reported by Dawut et al. in this issue.
{"title":"Issue Information","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/pre.12493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12493","url":null,"abstract":"A tidal pool dinoflagellate, Chiharadinium hexapraecingulum (T. Horiguchi & Chihara) Dawut & T. Horiguchi gen. & comb. nov. Upper row: Light micrographs of lateral view, ventral view, epifluorescence micrograph of motile cells and scanning electron micrograph of apical view of a cell. Lower row: Scanning electron micrographs of ventral view, left lateral view and antapical view of motile cells. Establishment of a new genus Chiharadinium is reported by Dawut et al. in this issue.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44305251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novelties in nomenclature and typification appearing in Phycological Research 71 (2).","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/pre.12519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12519","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45851453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeffrey D. Leblond, Braedyn E. Hollingsworth, Daniel Ayoub, Mackenzie B. Mckinnon, Chelsea S. Myers, Tawakalit J. Busari, Kyra Sabir
Asterodinium gracile is a morphologically distinct, star‐shaped member of the Kareniaceae with, like canonical Kareniaceae, a tertiary plastid of haptophyte origin. However, A. gracile's complement of carotenoid photosynthetic pigments has been shown to be chemotaxonomically atypical in that it possesses much less fucoxanthin when compared to that of other, canonical Kareniaceae in the genera Karenia, Karlodinium, and Takayama, also with a tertiary plastid of haptophyte origin. To date, Karenia mikimotoi, Karenia papilionacea, and Karenia selliformis are the only canonical Kareniaceae that have been shown to have a chemotaxonomically atypical carotenoid pigment composition in that they possess a gyroxanthin diester‐like carotenoid not observed in other species of Karenia, Karlodinium, or Takayama (recognizing that Karenia, in general, produces fucoxanthin derivatives not observed in Karlodinium or Takayama). As a photosynthetic organism, K. mikimotoi has been shown to resemble Karenia brevis such that both species possess the chloroplast‐associated galactolipids mono‐ and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG and DGDG, respectively) enriched with octadecapentaenoic acid (18:5(n‐3)) in the sn‐1 position, and hexadecenoic acid (16:0) and tetradecanoic acid (14:0) at the sn‐2 position. However, K. mikimotoi is chemotaxonomically atypical beyond its carotenoid composition in that it possesses MGDG and DGDG with hexadecatetraenoic acid (16:4(n‐3)), which has not been observed in any other members of the Kareniaceae, in the sn‐2 position as major galactolipids. The goal of this study was to characterize the galactolipids of A. gracile with the hypothesis that they would also be atypical when compared to other canonical Kareniaceae because of A. gracile's atypical carotenoid pigment composition. To this end, we report that like K. brevis and K. mikimotoi, A. gracile produces MGDG and DGDG enriched in 18:5(n‐3) at the sn‐1 position and C14 fatty acids, such as 14:0, at the sn‐2 position, and like K. mikimotoi, it produces 18:5(n‐3)/16:4(n‐3) MGDG, yet here as its most abundant galactolipid.
{"title":"Galactolipid composition of the star‐shaped dinoflagellate Asterodinium gracile (Kareniaceae): presence of hexadecatetraenoic acid (16:4(n‐3))‐containing monogalactosyldiacylglycerol as the predominant galactolipid and chemotaxonomic closeness to Karenia mikimotoi as the only other known Kareniacean","authors":"Jeffrey D. Leblond, Braedyn E. Hollingsworth, Daniel Ayoub, Mackenzie B. Mckinnon, Chelsea S. Myers, Tawakalit J. Busari, Kyra Sabir","doi":"10.1111/pre.12518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12518","url":null,"abstract":"Asterodinium gracile is a morphologically distinct, star‐shaped member of the Kareniaceae with, like canonical Kareniaceae, a tertiary plastid of haptophyte origin. However, A. gracile's complement of carotenoid photosynthetic pigments has been shown to be chemotaxonomically atypical in that it possesses much less fucoxanthin when compared to that of other, canonical Kareniaceae in the genera Karenia, Karlodinium, and Takayama, also with a tertiary plastid of haptophyte origin. To date, Karenia mikimotoi, Karenia papilionacea, and Karenia selliformis are the only canonical Kareniaceae that have been shown to have a chemotaxonomically atypical carotenoid pigment composition in that they possess a gyroxanthin diester‐like carotenoid not observed in other species of Karenia, Karlodinium, or Takayama (recognizing that Karenia, in general, produces fucoxanthin derivatives not observed in Karlodinium or Takayama). As a photosynthetic organism, K. mikimotoi has been shown to resemble Karenia brevis such that both species possess the chloroplast‐associated galactolipids mono‐ and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG and DGDG, respectively) enriched with octadecapentaenoic acid (18:5(n‐3)) in the sn‐1 position, and hexadecenoic acid (16:0) and tetradecanoic acid (14:0) at the sn‐2 position. However, K. mikimotoi is chemotaxonomically atypical beyond its carotenoid composition in that it possesses MGDG and DGDG with hexadecatetraenoic acid (16:4(n‐3)), which has not been observed in any other members of the Kareniaceae, in the sn‐2 position as major galactolipids. The goal of this study was to characterize the galactolipids of A. gracile with the hypothesis that they would also be atypical when compared to other canonical Kareniaceae because of A. gracile's atypical carotenoid pigment composition. To this end, we report that like K. brevis and K. mikimotoi, A. gracile produces MGDG and DGDG enriched in 18:5(n‐3) at the sn‐1 position and C14 fatty acids, such as 14:0, at the sn‐2 position, and like K. mikimotoi, it produces 18:5(n‐3)/16:4(n‐3) MGDG, yet here as its most abundant galactolipid.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43253030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stenomitos terricola FBCC‐A190 was collected from soils around the trees of Mt. Gwanggyo, located in Yeongtong‐gu, Suwon‐si, Gyeonggi‐do. S. terricola FBCC‐A190 is a thin and simple filament with a cell length that is longer than its width. It has a thin and firm sheath, exhibiting a blue‐green color. Species belonging to genus Stenomitos is semi‐cryptic species with slight morphological differences from each other. They were confirmed as Stenomitos species by analysis using 16S rRNA and 16S–23S ITS. A monophyletic cluster was formed with the previously reported genus Stenomitos, with 16S rRNA gene sequences sharing similarities of 95.9–97.9% except for S. pantisii TAU‐MAC 4318. In addition, 16S–23S ITS gene sequencing showed tRNAAla, tRNAIle and V2, similar to the previously reported genus Stenomitos. From these results, Stenomitos terricola sp. nov. was proposed as a new species belonging to genus Stenomitos.
{"title":"Stenomitos terricola sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria) from the moist soil of Mt. Gwanggyo, Republic of Korea","authors":"Nam‐Ju Lee, Do‐Hyun Kim, Ok‐Min Lee","doi":"10.1111/pre.12517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12517","url":null,"abstract":"Stenomitos terricola FBCC‐A190 was collected from soils around the trees of Mt. Gwanggyo, located in Yeongtong‐gu, Suwon‐si, Gyeonggi‐do. S. terricola FBCC‐A190 is a thin and simple filament with a cell length that is longer than its width. It has a thin and firm sheath, exhibiting a blue‐green color. Species belonging to genus Stenomitos is semi‐cryptic species with slight morphological differences from each other. They were confirmed as Stenomitos species by analysis using 16S rRNA and 16S–23S ITS. A monophyletic cluster was formed with the previously reported genus Stenomitos, with 16S rRNA gene sequences sharing similarities of 95.9–97.9% except for S. pantisii TAU‐MAC 4318. In addition, 16S–23S ITS gene sequencing showed tRNAAla, tRNAIle and V2, similar to the previously reported genus Stenomitos. From these results, Stenomitos terricola sp. nov. was proposed as a new species belonging to genus Stenomitos.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49355100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Do‐Hyun Kim, Nam‐Ju Lee, Hye‐Ryeung Wang, A. Lim, Ok‐Min Lee
Five strains of Drouetiella (ACKU666, 667, 668, 669 and 670) were isolated from gravels in water, stone monument and coastal mudflat in Korea, and were studied using morphological and molecular traits. All five strains had thin and simple trichomes and exhibited false branching. From these strains, four strains (ACKU666, 667, 668 and 669) exhibited similar cell lengths with reddish–brown colored cells such as Drouetiella lurida. The 16S rRNA gene phylogeny showed the four strains formed a clade with Drouetiella lurida, and their DNA similarity was calculated to be 99.1–100%. The color of strain ACKU670 appeared to be in bright blue–green color like Drouetiella fasciculata, and their thylakoids showed a parietal arrangement, which is a characteristic feature of the family Oculatellaceae. Strain ACKU670 turned out to be a sister clade to the D. lurida according to the phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. The 16–23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer secondary folding structure (D1–D1′, Box‐B and V3 helices) confirmed the uniqueness of strain ACKU670, therefore indicating differences from the related species. Considering all the results, we described our strain ACKU670 as Drouetiella epilithica sp. nov. in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants.
{"title":"Drouetiella epilithica sp. nov. and Drouetiella lurida (Oculatellaceae, Synechococcales) isolated in the Republic of Korea based on the polyphasic approach","authors":"Do‐Hyun Kim, Nam‐Ju Lee, Hye‐Ryeung Wang, A. Lim, Ok‐Min Lee","doi":"10.1111/pre.12515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12515","url":null,"abstract":"Five strains of Drouetiella (ACKU666, 667, 668, 669 and 670) were isolated from gravels in water, stone monument and coastal mudflat in Korea, and were studied using morphological and molecular traits. All five strains had thin and simple trichomes and exhibited false branching. From these strains, four strains (ACKU666, 667, 668 and 669) exhibited similar cell lengths with reddish–brown colored cells such as Drouetiella lurida. The 16S rRNA gene phylogeny showed the four strains formed a clade with Drouetiella lurida, and their DNA similarity was calculated to be 99.1–100%. The color of strain ACKU670 appeared to be in bright blue–green color like Drouetiella fasciculata, and their thylakoids showed a parietal arrangement, which is a characteristic feature of the family Oculatellaceae. Strain ACKU670 turned out to be a sister clade to the D. lurida according to the phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene. The 16–23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer secondary folding structure (D1–D1′, Box‐B and V3 helices) confirmed the uniqueness of strain ACKU670, therefore indicating differences from the related species. Considering all the results, we described our strain ACKU670 as Drouetiella epilithica sp. nov. in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants.","PeriodicalId":20544,"journal":{"name":"Phycological Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48539550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}