FotteaPub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5507/FOT.2020.014
A. Hindáková, T. Noga
{"title":"Luticola rojkoviensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new terrestrial diatom from Central Slovakia","authors":"A. Hindáková, T. Noga","doi":"10.5507/FOT.2020.014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/FOT.2020.014","url":null,"abstract":"Sampling of fungi in a grassland on a hill in Rojkov, Central Slovakia, revealed a new species of Luticola (Diadesmidaceae). Its terrestrial populations were found close to the basis of the fertile part of the geoglossoid fungi (Geoglossaceae) that were overgrown with filamentous cyanobacteria of the orders Oscillatoriales and Synechococcales. Luticola rojkoviensis sp. nov. is characterized by the valve outline and the structure of the external valve face: valves are weakly dorsiventrally asymmetrical, rhombic-lanceolate in larger cells to rhombic-elliptic and tri-undulate in smaller cells, with shortly protracted and broadly rounded valve apices. Valve face is minimally concave, as the axial area is lowered and the area around distal raphe elevated. The surface of the valve is mostly uneven due to many depressions, so the external shape of the areolae and the impression of irregular longitudinal rows depend on the extent of these valve ornamentations. Proximal raphe endings are unilaterally slightly deflected, expanded into small central pores. The shape of both the proximal and the distal raphe fissures is slightly asymmetrical. The morphological characteristics of Luticola rojkoviensis sp. nov. are remarkably similar to those of L. hustedtii Levkov, Metzeltin et A.Pavlov, L. ectorii Levkov, Metzeltin et A.Pavlov and L. acidoclinata Lange-Bertalot. The association of Luticola rojkoviensis sp. nov. with geoglossoid fungi and epiphytic cyanobacteria is discussed.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45461299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5507/FOT.2020.011
J. Kociolek, Q. You, P. Yu, Yanling Li, Yanlu Wang, R. Lowe, Quanxi Wang
{"title":"Description of Gomphothidium gen. nov., with light and scanning electron microscopy: A New Freshwater Monoraphid Diatom Genus from Asia","authors":"J. Kociolek, Q. You, P. Yu, Yanling Li, Yanlu Wang, R. Lowe, Quanxi Wang","doi":"10.5507/FOT.2020.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/FOT.2020.011","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a new genus of monoraphid diatom based on Achnanthidium ovatum T.Watanabe et Tuji in Watanabe et al., a species described originally from Japan. We encountered this species from Yunnan Province in the southwestern part to eastern China, as well as in Luding, Sichuan Province and Xianju, Zhejiang Province, in pristine lotic environments. The species differs from the genus Achnanthidium by being asymmetrical to the transapical axis and has a pseudoseptum at the poles of the interior of the raphe valve which is fused with each helictoglossa. Moreover, a distinct group of condensed striae can be found at the narrower pole ('footpole') of the raphe valve. This appears to be the only known genus of freshwater monoraphid diatoms that is restricted to a single continent.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45701427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5507/FOT.2021.003
A. Tuji, Haruyo Yamaguchi, Takafumi Kataoka, Mayumi Sato, T. Sano, Y. Niiyama
{"title":"Annamia dubia sp. nov. with a description of a new family, Geminocystaceae fam. nov. (Cyanobacteria)","authors":"A. Tuji, Haruyo Yamaguchi, Takafumi Kataoka, Mayumi Sato, T. Sano, Y. Niiyama","doi":"10.5507/FOT.2021.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/FOT.2021.003","url":null,"abstract":"Our environmental DNA analysis identified Annamia-like operational taxonomic units (OTUs) from Lake Kasumigaura, Japan every summer season during the period from June 2012-May 2015. A strain from Lake Kasumigaura that agreed with an Annamia-like OTU (NIES-4383) was established with a cell-sorting machine. Based on the differences in morphology and 16S rRNA sequences, a new taxon is described: Annamia dubia Tuji, Yamaguchi et Niiyama sp. nov. A. dubia produces a microcystins that is also produced by A. toxica. Our 16S rRNA phylogenetical analysis reveals that the genus Annamia makes a monophyletic clade with the genera Geminocystis, Geminobacterium, and 'Cyanobacterium.' Although this clade agrees with Cyanobacteriaceae Komarek et al. (2014), this family is invalid based on the invalid genus Cyanobacterium and the type species Cyanobacterium stanieri. We propose the alternative name Geminocystaceae Tuji, Yamaguchi et Niiyama fam. nov. based on the genus Geminocystis.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48987429","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5507/FOT.2020.012
E. Patova, I. Novakovskaya, N. Martynenko, E. Gusev, M. Kulikovskiy
{"title":"Mychonastes frigidus sp. nov. (Sphaeropleales/Chlorophyceae), a new species described from a mountain stream in the Subpolar Urals (Russia)","authors":"E. Patova, I. Novakovskaya, N. Martynenko, E. Gusev, M. Kulikovskiy","doi":"10.5507/FOT.2020.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/FOT.2020.012","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a new species from the Class Chlorophyceae, Mychonastes frigidus sp. nov., isolated from a cold-water mountain stream in the north of Russia (Subpolar Ural). The taxon is described using morphological and molecular methods. Mychonastes frigidus sp. nov. belongs to the group of species of the genus Mychonastes with spherical single cells. Comparison of ITS2 rDNA sequences and its secondary structures combined with the compensatory base changes approach confirms the separation between Mychonastes frigidus sp. nov and other species of the genus. Mychonastes frigidus sp. nov. represents a cryptic species that can only be reliably identified using molecular data.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44618915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2020-09-21DOI: 10.5507/FOT.2020.006
J. Komárek, J. Johansen, J. Šmarda, O. Strunecký
{"title":"Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus-like cyanobacteria","authors":"J. Komárek, J. Johansen, J. Šmarda, O. Strunecký","doi":"10.5507/FOT.2020.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/FOT.2020.006","url":null,"abstract":"Unicellular cyanobacteria constitute a substantial, ecologically important part of freshwater and marine microflora. Solitary, elongated cyanobacterial cells without apparent slime envelopes and dividing in a single plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis were traditionally classified into the genus Synechococcus. The type species originates from a freshwater benthic habitat while a number of other Synechococcus-like species were described from diverse environments. Morphologically similar, unicellular populations of \"Synechococcus\" belong to the most abundant oxygen evolving prokaryotes inhabiting freshwater and oceanic picoplanktic communities. Other species from extreme thermal habitats were described from temperatures over 70 °C. Recent molecular analyses, particularly the 16S rRNA gene and other multi-locus gene based phylogenies of Synechococcus-like species reveal the polyphyly and phylogenetic diversity of such simple cyanobacteria emphasizing the necessity of their accurate polyphasic taxonomic re-classification. To better understand the phylogeny of different Synechococcus-like species, we constructed a genome-derived phylogenetic tree using 133 cyanobacterial and eubacterial genomes as well as a 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic tree. Both trees indicate existence of deep splits between individual Synechococcus lineages corresponding with indistinct ecological and cytomorphological differences. The generic units derived from the traditional concept of the genus Synechococcus based on the combined traits and markers must be defined and validly described. The comparative taxonomic classification of phylogenetic clusters corresponding to various morphotypes and genotypes similar to the genus Synechococcus (Cyanobium, Parasynechococcus, Picosynechococcus, Prochlorococcus, Thermosynechococcus, Thermostichus) are discussed in the article.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45525394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.5507/fot.2020.005
QI Yang, Teng-Liang Liu, P. Yu, Junyi Zhang, J. Kociolek, Quanxi Wang, Q. You
{"title":"A new freshwater Psammodictyon species in the Taihu Basin, Jiangsu Province, China","authors":"QI Yang, Teng-Liang Liu, P. Yu, Junyi Zhang, J. Kociolek, Quanxi Wang, Q. You","doi":"10.5507/fot.2020.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2020.005","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a new species of diatom, Psammodictyon taihuensis sp. nov., collected from the Taihu Basin, Jiangsu Province, China. There are several features of this diatom that suggest it should be included in the genus Psammodictyon, notably the possession of panduriform valves characterized by a longitudinal fold near the apical axis, coarsely areolate striae, and a keeled raphe system present on the valve margin. This species is distinct from others in the genus by its small size, being only 16.5-25.0 μm long and 10.0-12.5 μm wide in the central region, and with the widest valve being 10.5-13.5 μm in width. There are 8-11 distinct fibulae per 10 μm and the striae are composed of 18-22 coarse areolae per 10 μm. This is the first report of a freshwater member of the genus Psammodictyon in China, which expands the known geographical and ecological distributions of the genus and enhances our understanding of freshwater diatom diversity in China.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43018365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.5507/fot.2020.008
D. Berthold, Forrest W. Lefler, V. Werner, H. Iv
{"title":"Johannesbaptistia floridana sp. nov. (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), a novel marine cyanobacterium from coastal South Florida (USA)","authors":"D. Berthold, Forrest W. Lefler, V. Werner, H. Iv","doi":"10.5507/fot.2020.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2020.008","url":null,"abstract":"Mat dwelling species of cyanobacteria are diverse and integral to coastal marine sediment systems. Though observed throughout the globe, much of this diversity remains undescribed, especially on South Florida coast where cyanobacteria are pronounced. To help elucidate this diversity, one species of cyanobacteria from the marine sediments of South Florida was studied. Typical morphological features including uniseriate pseudofilaments with facultative intercellular gaps and cell division in one plane, transversely to the longer cell axis, indicated that the species belonged to the genus Johannesbaptistia De Toni. The combination of 16S rRNA gene and 16S-23S rRNA internal transcriber spacer (ITS), along with the diagnosable morphological characteristics suggest uniqueness from previously described species, thus supports the erection of the novel species Johannesbaptistia floridana sp. nov.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47556938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.5507/fot.2020.004
E. Gusev, Y. Podunay, N. Martynenko, N. Shkurina, M. Kulikovskiy
{"title":"Taxonomic studies of Cryptomonas lundii clade (Cryptophyta: Cryptophyceae) with description of a new species from Vietnam","authors":"E. Gusev, Y. Podunay, N. Martynenko, N. Shkurina, M. Kulikovskiy","doi":"10.5507/fot.2020.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2020.004","url":null,"abstract":"A new species from Vietnam, Cryptomonas vietnamica sp. nov., is described based on morphological and molecular data. Six strains from different habitats were analyzed. Cryptomonas vietnamica is characterized by large cells up to 54 µm long, 30 µm wide and 20 µm thick, flattened in dorso-ventral plane and often twisted. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from nuclear small and large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences show that the new species forms a clade with Cryptomonas lundii, a rare taxon, described from Europe. Cryptomonas lundii is reported for the first time from Russia and second time since its initial description.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41281958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.5507/fot.2020.009
M. Kulikovskiy, Y. Maltsev, A. Glushchenko, E. Gusev, D. Kapustin, I. Kuznetsova, L. Frolova, J. Kociolek
{"title":"Preliminary molecular phylogeny of the diatom genus Nupela with the description of a new species and consideration of the interrelationships of taxa in the suborder Neidiineae D.G. Mann sensu E.J. Cox","authors":"M. Kulikovskiy, Y. Maltsev, A. Glushchenko, E. Gusev, D. Kapustin, I. Kuznetsova, L. Frolova, J. Kociolek","doi":"10.5507/fot.2020.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2020.009","url":null,"abstract":"Molecular investigation of genera Nupela and Brachysira is conducted using strains from Indonesia and Vietnam. New species from the genus Nupela indonesica sp. nov. is described using combined approach. Nupela lesothensis (Schoeman) Lange-Bertalot is investigated using molecular data too. Phylogenetic analysis shows that Nupela and Brachysira are not closest genera. Morphology of Nupela and it differences from Brachysira is discussed. The genus Nupela is differs from all other diatom taxa by having coalescent hymenes ouside of areolae but not inside. Facultative development of raphe between different Nupela species is discussed.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46332801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FotteaPub Date : 2020-09-07DOI: 10.5507/fot.2020.010
I. Becerra-Absalón, J. Johansen, Karina Osorio-Santos, G. Montejano
{"title":"Two new Oculatella (Oculatellaceae, Cyanobacteria) species in soil crusts from tropical semi-arid uplands of México","authors":"I. Becerra-Absalón, J. Johansen, Karina Osorio-Santos, G. Montejano","doi":"10.5507/fot.2020.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2020.010","url":null,"abstract":"Two isolates of Oculatella from biological soil crusts in the arid and semi-arid tropical upland region of Mexico were characterized using a polyphasic approach which included morphology, ecology, 16S rRNA and 16S-23S ITS phylogenetic analysis, percent identity of 16S rRNA gene sequence, percent dissimilarity of 16S-23S ITS sequence, and secondary structure of conserved ITS domains. The two species shared the generic synapomorphy of a reddish granule at the tip of mature apical cells, and possessed a single ribosomal operon with both tRNA genes (tRNAIle and tRNAAla) based upon our analysis and the analysis of the other species in the genus. After characterization, the strains were compared with 10 previously described and similarly characterized species in the genus, and based upon the evidence obtained, the strains were described as two new species, O. dilatativagina and O. leona. O. dilatativagina has an extensively widened sheath, and thus is morphologically separated from all other taxa described thus far. O. leona is morphologically highly similar to soil species found in North and South America, and should be considered a cryptic species among these taxa. The recently developed criterion for species recognition using percent dissimilarity among ITS gene sequences in orthologous ribosomal operons was found to be effective in separating cryptic species of Oculatella, and has consistently been useful and sufficient for separation of closely related species in other cyanobacterial genera.","PeriodicalId":55149,"journal":{"name":"Fottea","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2020-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49003558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}