Genetic variability in Gymnodiniaceae ITS regions: implications for species identification and phylogenetic analysis
Genetic variability in Gymnodiniaceae ITS regions: implications for species identification and phylogenetic analysis
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DOI:
10.1007/s00227-003-1157-x
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发表时间:
2004-02
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2.4
通讯作者:
Peng Shao;Yue‐Qin Chen;Hui Zhou;Jie Yuan;L. Qu;Di Zhao;Yong-Shui Lin
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作者:
Peng Shao;Yue‐Qin Chen;Hui Zhou;Jie Yuan;L. Qu;Di Zhao;Yong-Shui Lin
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions and 5.8S rRNA genes from several strains of toxic Gymnodiniaceae were sequenced and subjected to phylogenetic analysis with other Gymnodiniaceae species. Sequence comparisons showed that high sequence divergence existed in Gymnodiniaceae, especially in the genusGymnodinium. The amplicons of the ITS regions fromAmphidiniumandGyrodiniumspecies were 438–439 and 604–605 bp, respectively, and those of theGymnodiniumspecies ranged from 575 to 615 bp. The mean distance value withinGymnodinium, calculated from the ITS sequence, was 0.68827 (range: 0–0.92323), 0.11342 forAmphidinium(range: 0.00467–0.17120) and 0.2005 forKarenia(range: 0.00521–0.29971). Low distance values were found within the speciesGyrodinium instriatum(<0.01) andKarlodinium micrum(<0.02).Amphidiniumremarkably had a shorter ITS than did other genera in Gymnodiniaceae, this implied thatAmphidiniummight be distant from the other Gymnodiniaceae and supported Saunders’ opinion that the taxonomy ofAmphidiniumneeds to be reevaluated. Largely congruent phylogenetic trees were produced by the maximum-parsimony method (PAUP), maximum-likelihood method (PAUP) and Bayesian inference (MrBayes), whereas the three analyses showed that the generaGymnodiniumandKareniaare unresolved groups in phylogeny. Minor sequence divergence was found within the different clones ofAmphidinium carterae, suggesting that the ITS regions are suitable as genus- and species-specific oligonucleotide probes to rapidly detect and identify the red tide-forming algal species.