{"title":"<i>Miracula blauvikensis</i>: a new species of <i>Miracula</i> from Iceland, and report of a co-cultivation system for studying oomycete-diatom interactions.","authors":"A Buaya, M Thines","doi":"10.3114/fuse.2022.10.07","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The genus <i>Miracula</i> represents an early-diverging lineage of diatom-parasitic <i>Oomycota</i>, straminipilous eukaryotes that have evolved fungal features independent from the opisthokont <i>Fungi</i>. Recent studies have revealed that diatom parasitoids are much more species-rich than previously thought and may play an important role in limnic and marine ecosystems. Of the different diatom-parasitic lineages, the genus <i>Miracula</i> is one of the most abundant in marine ecosystems. Here a species of <i>Miracula</i> parasitising <i>Fragilaria capucina s.l.</i> from Iceland is described as <i>Miracula blauvikensis</i>. In addition, its phylogenetic position is clarified and its life-cycle documented. The species has been brought into co-cultivation with its host, and due to the ease of cultivation and the convenient microscopy of the diatom threads, this co-culture might be a useful tool to study oomycete-diatom interactions in the future. <b>Citation:</b> Buaya A, Thines M (2022). <i>Miracula blauvikensis</i>: a new species of <i>Miracula</i> from Iceland, and report of a co-cultivation system for studying oomycete-diatom interactions. <i>Fungal Systematics and Evolution</i> <b>10</b>: 169-175. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2022.10.07.</p>","PeriodicalId":73121,"journal":{"name":"Fungal systematics and evolution","volume":"10 ","pages":"169-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9875693/pdf/","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Fungal systematics and evolution","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2022.10.07","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Abstract
The genus Miracula represents an early-diverging lineage of diatom-parasitic Oomycota, straminipilous eukaryotes that have evolved fungal features independent from the opisthokont Fungi. Recent studies have revealed that diatom parasitoids are much more species-rich than previously thought and may play an important role in limnic and marine ecosystems. Of the different diatom-parasitic lineages, the genus Miracula is one of the most abundant in marine ecosystems. Here a species of Miracula parasitising Fragilaria capucina s.l. from Iceland is described as Miracula blauvikensis. In addition, its phylogenetic position is clarified and its life-cycle documented. The species has been brought into co-cultivation with its host, and due to the ease of cultivation and the convenient microscopy of the diatom threads, this co-culture might be a useful tool to study oomycete-diatom interactions in the future. Citation: Buaya A, Thines M (2022). Miracula blauvikensis: a new species of Miracula from Iceland, and report of a co-cultivation system for studying oomycete-diatom interactions. Fungal Systematics and Evolution10: 169-175. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2022.10.07.