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Anderson NO, Krokaitė-Kudakienė E, Jocienė L, Rekašius T, Chernyagina OA, Paulauskas A, Kupčinskienė E. Genetic Differentiation of Reed Canarygrass ( Phalaris arundinacea L.) within Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:734. [PMID: 38927670 PMCID: PMC11202989 DOI: 10.3390/genes15060734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Worldwide molecular research of economically important Phalaris arundinacea (Poaceae) is mainly focused on the invasions of this species from Europe to North America. Until the present study, the genetic diversity of the P. arundinacea had not been studied across the Baltic countries. The objective of this research is to evaluate the diversity of Lithuanian populations of P. arundinacea at simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci comparatively among populations of the Baltic countries, Luxembourg, and the Russian Far East (Eurasian), evaluating differentiation between Lithuanian populations and ornamental accessions, and relating these with environmental features. For six selected Lithuanian river basin populations, GBS low density SNPs were used to determine genetic diversity. Bayesian analysis showed that Eurasian populations of Phalaris arundinacea consist of two gene clusters. Statistically significant genetic differentiation among European and Eurasian populations was documented. Lithuanian genotypes growing naturally along rivers are genetically distinct from cultivated ornamentals. GBS-SNPs divided the six selected Nemunas river basins into three distinct groups with one, two, or three rivers in separate groupings for genetic diversity. Genetic diversity is primarily within, rather than among, Lithuanian, eastern European, and Eurasian populations of P. arundinacea across the continent. Thus, restoration efforts would benefit from local population seed origination.
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Affiliation(s)
- Neil O. Anderson
- Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, K. Donelaičio Str. 58, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania; (E.K.-K.); (L.J.); (A.P.); (E.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, K. Donelaičio Str. 58, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania; (E.K.-K.); (L.J.); (A.P.); (E.K.)
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Informatics, Vytautas Magnus University, K. Donelaičio Str. 58, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania;
- Department of Mathematical Statistics, Faculty of Fundamental Sciences, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio Ave. 11, 10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Kamchatka Branch of the Pacific Institute of Geography of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Partizanskaya Str. 6, 683001 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskyii, Russia;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, K. Donelaičio Str. 58, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania; (E.K.-K.); (L.J.); (A.P.); (E.K.)
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, K. Donelaičio Str. 58, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania; (E.K.-K.); (L.J.); (A.P.); (E.K.)
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Wang J, Zhao H, Guo Q, Ding H. Identification and antibacterial activity of Thamnolia vermicularis and Thamnolia subuliformis. J Microbiol Methods 2022; 203:106628. [PMID: 36442696 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2022.106628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Thamnolia vermicularis (Tv) and Thamnolia subuliformis (Ts) are two species from the same habitat with such similar external morphological characteristics that researchers often confuse the two in their scientific work and do not distinguish between them. This study applies three different methods to distinguish them. The diversity of endophytic fungi was also compared and their antibacterial activity in vitro was evaluated. The results show that all three methods can distinguish Tv and Ts, and can be used to cross-validate each other. The ultraviolet fluorescence method and the chemical colour change method are simpler strategies, while thin-layer chromatography is relatively complicated but can more clearly distinguish the chemical composition of the two species. In the analysis of the endophytic fungi community structure of Tv and Ts, it was found that the diversity of endophytic fungi in Tv was more abundant and had wider antibacterial activity and better inhibitory activity against gram-positive bacteria in vitro.
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- Jing Wang
- School of Public Health, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
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- Dali Quality and Technical Comprehensive Supervision Testing Center, Dali 671000, China
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- Dali Quality and Technical Comprehensive Supervision Testing Center, Dali 671000, China
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- School of Public Health, Dali University, Dali 671000, China; Yunnan Key Laboratory of Screening and Research on Anti-pathogenic Plant Resources from West Yunnan (Cultivation), Dali 671000, China.
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