COLEOFASCICULUS GEN. NOV. (CYANOBACTERIA): MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CRITERIA FOR REVISION OF THE GENUS MICROCOLEUS GOMONT(1).

Abstract:

:Species currently classified within the cyanobacterial genus Microcoleus were determined to fall into two distinct clades in a 16S rDNA phylogeny, one containing taxa within the Oscillatoriaceae, the other containing taxa within the Phormidiaceae. The two lineages were confirmed in an analysis of the 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region sequences and secondary structures. The type species for Microcoleus is M. vaginatus Gomont, and this taxon belongs in the Oscillatoriaceae. Consequently, Microcoleus taxa in the Phormidiaceae must be placed in separate genera, and we propose the new genus Coleofasciculus to contain marine taxa currently placed in Microcoleus. The type species for Coleofasciculus is the well-studied and widespread marine mat-forming species Microcoleus chthonoplastes (Mert.) Zanardini ex Gomont. Other characters separating the two families include type of cell division and thylakoid structure.

journal_name

J Phycol

journal_title

Journal of phycology

authors

Siegesmund MA,Johansen JR,Karsten U,Friedl T

doi

10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00604.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1572-85

issue

6

eissn

0022-3646

issn

1529-8817

journal_volume

44

pub_type

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