A New Cryptic Species of the Genus IMychonastes/I

A new species of green coccoid algae, Mychonastes hindakii sp. nov., was isolated from the River Moscow (Russia, Moscow). The taxon is described using morphological and molecular methods. Mychonastes hindakii sp. nov. belongs to the group of species of the genus Mychonastes with spherical single cel...

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Published in:Plants (Basel) 2022-12, Vol.11 (23)
Main Authors: Martynenko, Nikita, Gusev, Evgeniy, Kapustin, Dmitry, Kulikovskiy, Maxim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Genetic aspects
Green algae
Identification and classification
Physiological aspects
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Summary:A new species of green coccoid algae, Mychonastes hindakii sp. nov., was isolated from the River Moscow (Russia, Moscow). The taxon is described using morphological and molecular methods. Mychonastes hindakii sp. nov. belongs to the group of species of the genus Mychonastes with spherical single cells joined with mucilaginous, irregularly shaped stalks. A comparison of ITS2 rDNA sequences and its secondary structures combined with the compensatory base changes approach confirms the separation between Mychonastes hindakii and other species of the genus. Mychonastes hindakii sp. nov. represents a cryptic species that can only be reliably identified using molecular data.
ISSN:2223-7747
2223-7747
DOI:10.3390/plants11233363