Discovery of a New Clade Nested Within the Genus Alexandrium (Dinophyceae): Morpho-molecular Characterization of Centrodinium punctatum (Cleve) FJR Taylor
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Title
- Discovery of a New Clade Nested Within the Genus Alexandrium (Dinophyceae): Morpho-molecular Characterization of Centrodinium punctatum (Cleve) FJR Taylor
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Author(s)
- Li, Zhun; Mertens, Kenneth Neil; Nezan, Elisabeth; Chomerat, Nicolas; Bilien, Gwenael; Iwataki, Mitsunori; Shin, Hyeon Ho
- KIOST Author(s)
- Shin, Hyeon Ho(신현호)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 신현호
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Publication Year
- 2019-04
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Abstract
- Investigation of phytoplankton from East China Sea of the Pacific Ocean, offshore Reunion Island of the Indian Ocean, and the French Atlantic coast revealed a species of poorly known armored fusiform dinoflagellate. To clarify this species, morphology and phylogeny based on mitochondria! and nuclear protein gene sequence (Cox1, Cob and Hsp90) concatenated with the SSU, ITS region and LSU rDNA sequences were analysed. Epifluorescence and scanning electron microscopy observations revealed that the nucleus of the specimen was elongated, sausage-shaped and located equatorially on the left lateral side of the cell, and that the plate formula is Po, 3', 1a, 6 '', 6C, 8S, 5''', 1p, 2 ''''. These morphological features indicate that the species can be assigned to Centrodinium punctatum. Interestingly, the phylogenetic analyses placed this species within the Alexandrium Glade, with Alexandrium affine being its closest relative. This indicates that genus Alexandrium is not monophyletic. The most similar morphological traits between C. punctatum and Alexandrium species were the shape of apical pore plate and the arrangement of the sulcal plates. However, since there are significant morphological differences between C. punctatum and Alexandrium species, further studies are needed to clarify the relation between the morphology and molecular phylogeny of other Centrodinium-related fusiform species. (C) 2019 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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ISSN
- 1434-4610
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/661
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DOI
- 10.1016/j.protis.2019.02.003
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Bibliographic Citation
- PROTIST, v.170, no.2, pp.168 - 186, 2019
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Publisher
- ELSEVIER GMBH
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Subject
- CYST-THECA RELATIONSHIP; SP-NOV DINOPHYCEAE; MARINE DINOFLAGELLATE; SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PERIDINIALES; DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; PROPOSAL; REVISION
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Keywords
- Fusiform dinoflagellate; Centrodinium; Alexandrium; morphology; phylogeny
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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