Thainema gen. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Synechococcales): A new genus of simple trichal cyanobacteria isolated from a solar saltern environment in Thailand

0564295 - BÚ 2023 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Rasouli-Dogaheh, S. - Komárek, Jiří - Chatchawan, T. - Hauer, T.
Thainema gen. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Synechococcales): A new genus of simple trichal cyanobacteria isolated from a solar saltern environment in Thailand.
PLoS ONE. Roč. 17, č. 1 (2022), č. článku e0261682. ISSN 1932-6203. E-ISSN 1932-6203
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : 16S Ribodomal-RNA * Species Delimitation * Molecular Characterization
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 3.7, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261682

Simple trichal types constitute a group of cyanobacteria with an abundance of novel, often cryptic taxa. Here, we investigated material collected from wet surface-soil in a saline environment in Petchaburi Province, central Thailand. A morphological comparison of the isolated strain with similar known species, as well as its phylogenetic and species delimitation analyses based on the combined datasets of other related organisms, especially simple trichal cyanobacteria, revealed that the material of this study represented an independent taxon. Using a multifaceted method, we propose that this material represents a new genus, Thainema gen. nov., belonging to the family Leptolyngbyaceae, with the type species Thainema salinarum sp. nov. This novel taxon shares similar ecological habitats with strains previously placed in the same lineage.
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