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Darienko T, Gustavs L, Pröschold T. Species concept and nomenclatural changes within the genera Elliptochloris and Pseudochlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) based on an integrative approach. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2016; 52:1125-1145. [PMID: 27734501 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The genera Elliptochloris and Pseudochlorella were erected for Chlorella-like green algae producing two types of autospores and cell packages, respectively. Both genera are widely distributed in different soil habitats, either as free living or as photobionts of lichens. The species of these genera are often difficult to identify because of the high phenotypic plasticity and occasional lack of characteristic features. The taxonomic and nomenclatural status of these species, therefore, remains unclear. In this study, 34 strains were investigated using an integrative approach. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that the isolates belong to two independent lineages of the Trebouxiophyceae (Elliptochloris and Prasiola clades) and confirmed that the genera are not closely related. The comparison of morphology, molecular phylogeny, and analyses of secondary structures of SSU and ITS rDNA sequences revealed that all of the strains belong to three genera: Elliptochloris, Pseudochlorella, and Edaphochlorella. As a consequence of the taxonomic revisions, we propose two new combinations (Elliptochloris antarctica and Pseudochlorella signiensis) and validate Elliptochloris reniformis, which is invalidly described according to the International Code for Nomenclature (ICN), by designating a holotype. To reflect the high phenotypic plasticity of P. signiensis, two new varieties were described: P. signiensis var. magna and P. signiensis var. communis. Chlorella mirabilis was not closely related to any of these genera and was, therefore, transferred to the new genus Edaphochlorella. All of the taxonomic changes were highly supported by all phylogenetic analyses and were confirmed by the ITS-2 Barcodes using the ITS-2/CBC approach.
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- Tatyana Darienko
- M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
- Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae, University of Göttingen, D-37073, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Applied Ecology and Phycology, University of Rostock, D-18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Limnology and Biooceanography, University of Vienna, A-1090, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Botany, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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Torres-Machorro AL, Hernández R, Cevallos AM, López-Villaseñor I. Ribosomal RNA genes in eukaryotic microorganisms: witnesses of phylogeny? FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010; 34:59-86. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Marin B, Palm A, Klingberg M, Melkonian M. Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure. Protist 2003; 154:99-145. [PMID: 12812373 DOI: 10.1078/143446103764928521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sequence comparisons and a revised classification of the Euglenophyceae were based on 92 new SSU rDNA sequences obtained from strains of Euglena, Astasia, Phacus, Trachelomonas, Colacium, Cryptoglena, Lepocinclis, Eutreptia, Eutreptiella and Tetreutreptia. Sequence data also provided molecular signatures for taxa from genus to class level in the SSU rRNA secondary structure, revealed by a novel approach (search for non-homoplasious synapomorphies) and used for taxonomic diagnoses. Photosynthetic euglenoids and secondary heterotrophs formed a clade, designated as Euglenophyceae (emend.) with two orders: Euglenales and Eutreptiales. The mostly marine Eutreptiales (Eutreptia, Eutreptiella; not Distigma) comprised taxa with two or four emergent flagella (the quadriflagellate Tetreutreptia was integrated within Eutreptiella). The Euglenales (freshwater genera with < or = one emergent flagellum) formed nine clades and two individual branches (single strains); however, only two clades were congruent with traditional genera: Trachelomonas (incl. Strombomonas) and Colacium. Euglena was polyphyletic and diverged into four independent clades (intermixed with Astasia, Khawkinea and Lepocinclis) and two individual branches (e.g. E. polymorpha). Phacus was also subdivided into Phacus s. str. and two combined lineages (mixed with Lepocinclis spp. or Cryptoglena). In consequence, Euglena (s. str.), Phacus and other genera were emended and one lineage (mixed Phacus/Lepocinclis-clade) was recognized as the previously neglected genus Monomorphina Mereschkowsky (1877). The sister clade of Phacus s. str. (mixed Euglena/Lepocinclis-clade) was identified as Lepocinclis Perty (emended).
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- Birger Marin
- Botanisches Institut, Lehrstuhl I, Universität zu Köln, Gyrhofstr. 15, D-50931 Köln, Germany.
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YOSHIDA NAOTO, NOBE RIKA, YAMADA TAKASHI, OGAWA KIHACHIRO, MUROOKA YOSHIKATSU. Origin of Fan Palm (Livistona chinensis R. Br. var. subglobosa Becc.) in Aoshima, Japan. J Biosci Bioeng 2000. [DOI: 10.1263/jbb.90.447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Yoshida N, Nobe R, Yamada T, Ogawa K, Murooka Y. Origin of fan palm (Livistona chinensis R. Br. var. subglobosa Becc.) in Aoshima, Japan. J Biosci Bioeng 2000; 90:447-52. [PMID: 16232888 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(01)80017-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/1999] [Accepted: 07/24/2000] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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RAPD and RFLP analyses were carried out to determine the origin of Livistona chinensis R. Br. var. subglobosa Becc. from Iriomotejima, Ishigakijima, Okinawa, Yakushima, Tanegashima, Cape Sata, Cape Toi, Tsukishima, and Aoshima, Japan. RAPD data obtained using 5 random primers were clustered using UPGMA or the neighbor-joining method. Each population was classified into three clusters based on the phylogenetic tree. L. chinensis plants from Yakushima, Tanegashima and Cape Sata belonged to the isologous cluster, and those from Ishigakijima and Okinawa are contained in a different cluster. L. chinensis from Okinawa and Ishigakijima could be differentiated by being the oldest based on the genetic distance. The area that covers Ishigakijima and Okinawa is thought to be the origin of L. chinensis. L. chinensis plants from Iriomotejima were contained in the same cluster as those from Aoshima. The phylogenetic trees constructed by both RAPD and RFLP analyses indicate the possibility that seeds or green woods of L. chinensis were dispersed by tidal current from the south field around Irlomotejima, and they were washed to Aoshima and established gradually. Therefore, we support the drifting-ashore-naturalized-plant hypothesis on the origin of L. chinensis in Aoshima.
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- N Yoshida
- Department of Biochemistry and Applied Biosciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki-shi 889-2192, Japan
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Nishida K, Suzuki S, Kimura Y, Nomura N, Fujie M, Yamada T. Group I introns found in Chlorella viruses: biological implications. Virology 1998; 242:319-26. [PMID: 9514979 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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More than 80 group I introns were detected and characterized in Chlorella viruses isolated from various locations in Japan; the overall average frequency of viruses containing the group I intron was 8.0%. Although most of these introns were inserted in the gene for either transcriptional elongation factor TFIIS (approximately 60%) or URF 14.2 (unidentified open reading frame coding for a 14.2-kDa polypeptide) (approximately 40%), in a few cases, the gene for the major capsid protein Vp52 contained an intron. These introns were biologically active (self-splicing) both in vivo and in vitro. Viruses that contained introns almost usually contained only one, but more than two introns coexisted in several virus isolates. Nucleotide sequence analysis showed that the intron sequences have diverged under strong constraint of the exon genes: introns in the same gene showed more than 99% sequence identity, whereas introns in different genes were only 72-78% identical. Phylogenetic analysis suggested relatedness of these introns to those found in the rRNA genes of a variety of organisms including green algae, red algae, red algae, yeasts, fungi, and protozoa.
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- K Nishida
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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Vader A, Naess J, Haugli K, Haugli F, Johansen S. Nucleolar introns from Physarum flavicomum contain insertion elements that may explain how mobile group I introns gained their open reading frames. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22:4553-9. [PMID: 7984404 PMCID: PMC308500 DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.22.4553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Comparison of two group I intron sequences in the nucleolar genome of the myxomycete Physarum flavicomum to their homologs in the closely related Physarum polycephalum revealed insertion-like elements. One of the insertion-like elements consists of two repetitive sequence motifs of 11 and 101 bp in five and three copies, respectively. The smaller motif, which flanks the larger, resembles a target duplication and indicates a relationship to transposons or retroelements. The insertion-like elements are found in the peripheral loops of the RNA structure; the positions occupied by the ORFs of mobile nucleolar group I introns. The P. flavicomum introns are 1184 and 637 bp in size, located in the large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, and can be folded into group I intron structures at the RNA level. However, the intron 2s from both P. flavicomum and P. polycephalum contain an unusual core region that lacks the P8 segment. None of the introns are able to self-splice in vitro. Southern analysis of different isolates indicates that the introns are not optional in myxomycetes.
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- A Vader
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Tromsø, Norway
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Aimi T, Yamada T, Yamashita M, Murooka Y. Characterization of the nuclear large-subunit rRNA-encoding gene and the group-I self-splicing intron from Chlorella ellipsoidea C-87. Gene 1994; 145:139-44. [PMID: 8045414 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90337-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We found two group-I self-splicing introns in both the large subunit (LSU) and small subunit (SSU) of the nuclear rRNA-encoding genes (rDNA) of the unicellular green alga, Chlorella ellipsoidea C-87 (Ce). The primary and secondary structures of the LSU rRNA (3350 nt) and its intron (445 nt) were characterized. The intron was inserted in the conserved stem 32 of the LSU rRNA and contained all P1-P10 motifs of the group-IB intron. In vitro transcripts of the LSU rDNA containing the intron sequence displayed a strong self-splicing activity at high salt concentrations. The overall structure and splicing conditions of the LSU rRNA intron were, however, considerably different from those of the SSU rRNA intron of the same organism. These results suggest different origins and/or different evolutionary courses of these Ce introns.
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- T Aimi
- Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Yamada T, Tamura K, Aimi T, Songsri P. Self-splicing group I introns in eukaryotic viruses. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22:2532-7. [PMID: 8041614 PMCID: PMC308206 DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.13.2532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We report the occurrence of self-splicing group I introns in viruses that infect the eukaryotic green alga Chlorella. The introns contained all the conserved features of primary sequence and secondary structure previously described for the group IB introns. The Chlorella viral introns (approximately 400 nt) self-spliced in vitro, yielding the typical group I intron splicing intermediates and products. Contrasting to eukaryotic nuclear group I introns, all of which are located in the rRNA genes, these introns were inserted in genes encoding proteins. In one case, the exons encoded a protein showing significant homology to the eukaryotic transcription factor SII (TFIIS), which may be important for viral gene expression. In another case, the gene for the open reading frame (ORF) of a 14.2 kDa polypeptide with unknown functions contained the intron. Scattered distribution of these introns among the viral species and their structural similarity to the group I introns of algae and protists indicated horizontal intron transmission. These eukaryotic viral introns offer an opportunity to understand how group I introns reach organisms of different phylogenetic kingdoms.
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- T Yamada
- Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
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