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Molecular taxonomy of Dunaliella (Chlorophyceae), with a special focus on D.salina: ITS2 sequences revisited with an extensive geographical sampling.
Aquatic Biosystems
2012,
8
:2 doi:10.1186/2046-9063-8-2Patricia Assuncao (pclemente@itccanarias.org)Ruth Jaen-Molina ( julicaujape@gmail.com)Juli Caujape-Castells (ruthjaen@gmail.com)Adelina de la Jara (adelajara@itccanarias.org)Laura Carmona (lcarmona@itccanarias.org)Karen Freijanes (kfreijanes@itccanarias.org)Hector Mendoza (hmendoza@itccanarias.org)
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2046-9063
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Submission date
20 October 2011
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30 January 2012
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30 January 2012
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Molecular taxonomy of
Dunaliella
(Chlorophyceae), with a special focus on
D. salina
:ITS2 sequences revisited with an extensive geographical sampling.Patrícia Assunção
a2
, Ruth Jaén-Molina
b
, Juli Caujapé-Castells
b
,
Adelina de la Jara
a
,Laura Carmona
a
, Karen Freijanes
a
, Héctor Mendoza
a2
.
a
Departamento de Biotecnología. División de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico.Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC). Pozo Izquierdo, 35119 Sta. Lucía, CanaryIslands, Spain.
b
Departamento de Biodiversidad Molecular y Banco de ADN, Jardín Botánico Canario“Viera y Clavijo”-Unidad Asociada CSIC, Apartado de correos 14 de Tafira Alta,35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.
2
Corresponding authors:hmendoza@itccanarias.org,pclemente@itccanarias.org
phone: 0034 928727555/7613, FAX: 0034 928727517
2
ABSTRACTWe used an ITS2 primary and secondary structure and Compensatory Base Changes(CBCs) analyses on new French and Spanish
Dunallela salina
strains to investigatetheir phylogenetic position and taxonomic status within the genus
Dunaliella
. Ouranalyses show a great diversity within
D. salina
(with only some clades not statisticallysupported) and reveal considerable genetic diversity and structure within
Dunaliella
,although the CBC analysis did not bolster the existence of different biological groupswithin this taxon. The ITS2 sequences of the new Spanish and French
D. salina
strainswere very similar except for two of them: ITC5105 “Janubio” from Spain and ITC5119from France. Although the Spanish one had a unique ITS2 sequence profile and thephylogenetic tree indicates that this strain can represent a new species, this hypothesiswas not confirmed by CBCs, and clarification of its taxonomic status requires furtherinvestigation with new data. Overall, the use of CBCs to define species boundarieswithin
Dunaliella
was not conclusive in some cases, and the ITS2 region does notcontain a geographical signal overall.KEY INDEX WORDSCanary Islands, Compensatory Base Changes,
Dunaliella salina
, Internal TranscribedSpacer, Saltworks, Taxonomy.
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Estudio taxonómico y filogenético de diferentes cepas de Dunaliella salina.
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