Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-04-24DOI: 10.1515/bot-2023-0009
Nataly Quiroz-González, L. G. Aguilar-Estrada, J. A. Acosta-Calderon, Lucía Álvarez‐Castillo, Fernando Arriola-Álvarez
{"title":"Biodiversity of epiphytic marine macroalgae in Mexico: composition and current status","authors":"Nataly Quiroz-González, L. G. Aguilar-Estrada, J. A. Acosta-Calderon, Lucía Álvarez‐Castillo, Fernando Arriola-Álvarez","doi":"10.1515/bot-2023-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2023-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Marine epiphyte studies in Mexico, including macroalgae, are lacking in the published literature. Floristic studies have been mainly focused on identifying the algae growing on rocky substrata, and epiphytic algae have been recorded, but only occasionally. The aim of this work is to establish the current state of knowledge of the epiphytic macroalgae and their hosts on the Mexican coasts. A systematic revision of the literature published from 1950 to 2021 is also reported, the literature information is included, and the composition, species richness, current state of knowledge of the epiphytic marine macroalgae, and their relationship with the various marine Mexican ecoregions are reported. Sixty-one publications since 1950 included at least one record of epiphytic macroalgae. In this study, 615 species of epiphytic macroalgae and 224 species of hosts for Mexico are reported. This checklist will provide a baseline for future taxonomic and biogeographic studies of the epiphytic marine algae in the country.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43065320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-04-24DOI: 10.1515/bot-2022-0054
Sze-Looi Song, H. Yong, T. Tan, P. Lim, S. Phang
{"title":"Genetic differentiation of Gracilaria changii and Gracilaria firma (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) based on chloroplast genome","authors":"Sze-Looi Song, H. Yong, T. Tan, P. Lim, S. Phang","doi":"10.1515/bot-2022-0054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2022-0054","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Gracilariaceae are important in the biotechnology industry and microbiology research. Some Gracilaria species are difficult to identify morphologically and molecular phylogenetic data hold a key role in species level identification. In this study, the chloroplast genomes of G. changii and G. salicornia from the Peninsular Malaysia were sequenced to compare with the published taxa in order to gain a better understanding of the phylogenetic questions regarding the red algae, particularly G. changii and G. firma. Phylogenetic analysis for 66 plastid genes showed that G. changii from Malaysia formed a sister lineage with G. firma with a genetic distance of 0.43 %. However, there was a genetic distance of p = 4.32 % between the Malaysian and Philippine samples of G. changii, indicating they are genetically distinct. Five chloroplast genes (petF, rps12, rps14, rpl18 and petB) showed higher variation of genetic distance between Malaysian G. changii and G. firma (p = 1.23–2.00 %) and the intraspecific variation in G. salicornia from Peninsular Malaysia and Hawaii varies from p = 0–0.31 %. The lack of overlap between the intraspecific genetic distance of Malaysian G. changii and interspecific genetic distance of Malaysian G. changii-G. firma indicates that G. changii and G. firma are not conspecific.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42203356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-03-28DOI: 10.1515/bot-2022-0071
Chasika Prematunga, S. Boonmee, E. Jones, Mark S. Calabon
{"title":"Neocamarosporium aquaticum (Neocamarosporiaceae, Dothideomycetes), a novel fungus from salt marsh habitats","authors":"Chasika Prematunga, S. Boonmee, E. Jones, Mark S. Calabon","doi":"10.1515/bot-2022-0071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2022-0071","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Neocamarosporium aquaticum, collected from a drift dead stem of a halophyte at the Kench Nature Reserve, Hayling Island, UK, is described as a new species in the family Neocamarosporiaceae, Dothideomycetes. Multi-locus analyses based on LSU, SSU, ITS rDNA, and EF1-α placed the new fungus as a distinct species in the genus Neocamarosporium, a sister to Neocamarosporium aesturinum isolated from seawater. The new species is characterized by the asexual morph with pycnidial conidiomata, doliiform, enteroblastic, annellidic conidiogenous cells, and conidia that are initially hyaline, aseptate, with longitudinal and transverse septa when matured, muriform, and turning brown to dark brown on maturity. Neocamarosporium aquaticum and Ne. aesturinum differ in the colour of the conidia, degree of septation, and conidial measurements.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42569045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-03-17DOI: 10.1515/bot-2022-0068
Xianying Wen, G. Zuccarello, Eunyoung Shim, S. Kim, G. Kim
{"title":"A new species of the red alga Erythrotrichia (Erythropeltales, Rhodophyta) from Korea: Erythrotrichia johnawestii sp. nov. and observations in culture","authors":"Xianying Wen, G. Zuccarello, Eunyoung Shim, S. Kim, G. Kim","doi":"10.1515/bot-2022-0068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2022-0068","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Four species of Erythrotrichia (E. biseriata, E. reflexa, E. tetraseriata, E. carnea) have been reported in Korea, but phylogenetic studies have not been conducted on them. We analyzed two newly collected Erythrotrichia isolates using rbcL DNA sequences and determined their species status using four DNA-based species delimitation methods. One isolate (KNU-1) grouped with E. carnea in three methods: Assemble Species by Automatic Partitioning, both single-threshold and multiple-threshold general mixed yule coalescent, but grouped as a distinct species in the statistical parsimony network analysis. A second isolate (KNU-2) was considered a distinct species in all the above species-delimitation methods. We propose the name, Erythrotrichia johnawestii sp. nov., for this new species. The new species was different from E. carnea in lacking a thick outer cell wall layer and with a smaller cell size. Mature monosporangia produced raised openings that released monospores. Cell walls were not detected in newly released monospores but began to appear when the spore attached to the substratum and produced rhizoids. Sexual reproduction was not observed during the four-year culture period.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45815897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-03-14DOI: 10.1515/bot-2022-0062
X. Nguyen, Nhu-Thuy Nguyen-Nhat, XUAN-THUY Nguyen, T. Nguyen, Si Hai Trinh Truong, V. Dao, A. Do, K. McDERMID
{"title":"New record of Halymenia malaysiana (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from Viet Nam, and its genetic diversity in the western Pacific","authors":"X. Nguyen, Nhu-Thuy Nguyen-Nhat, XUAN-THUY Nguyen, T. Nguyen, Si Hai Trinh Truong, V. Dao, A. Do, K. McDERMID","doi":"10.1515/bot-2022-0062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2022-0062","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Halymenia malaysiana, one of the foliose species of Halymenia was first reported from Malaysia and showed some morphological features that distinguish it from sister species, such as Halymenia dilatata, Halymenia maculata, and Halymenia porphyraeformis. In this study, Halymenia samples were collected from nine locations along the coast of Viet Nam (8°–17°N) in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. Morphological observations indicated that almost all samples were Halymenia malaysiana which was supported by two genetic markers, rbcL and COI-5P. However, the presence of Halymenia dilatata in Viet Nam is still unresolved. Based on rbcL, the common haplotype in Viet Nam was R1 as in Malaysia and three new haplotypes were added to H. malaysiana for Southeast Asia. Genetic differences were evident between the Sunda Shelf (Viet Nam and Malaysia) populations and those in Philippine waters. We suggest that a combination of morphology and molecular data would be useful to accurately assess the species diversity and phylogeography of Halymenia in Viet Nam and Southeast Asia region.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47037071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-03-13DOI: 10.1515/bot-2021-0104
Marcos A. RUIZ-MEDINA, B. Fernández-Marín, M. Sansón, C. Sangil, Á. M. González-Rodríguez
{"title":"Desiccation and thermo-tolerance of Fucus guiryi (Phaeophyceae) from its southernmost populations (Canary Islands, Eastern Atlantic)","authors":"Marcos A. RUIZ-MEDINA, B. Fernández-Marín, M. Sansón, C. Sangil, Á. M. González-Rodríguez","doi":"10.1515/bot-2021-0104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0104","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Populations inhabiting the periphery of a species’ distribution suffer the immediate pressure of the environmental changes. Studying their physiology under stressful conditions is essential in the context of climate change. We characterized two morphotypes with measurements of length, thickness and width of the thallus of the macroalga Fucus guiryi in two localities (north and south) in Tenerife (Canary Islands), the southern limit of distribution of the species. We hypothesized that the individuals from the north locality, especially the large morphotype, would be more vulnerable to desiccation and high temperatures than those from the south. Tolerance to desiccation was tested through two long desiccation experiments and by comparing the vegetative and reproductive blades. Tolerance to high temperatures was tested by keeping the individuals in seawater (26–32 °C) for 24 h. The recovery of physiological functions after the stressful conditions was estimated through maximal photochemical efficiency of PSII. Results indicate that both of the two morphometrically differentiated morphotypes were tolerant to prolonged desiccation; however, the small one was more affected, particularly in the northern locality. The reproductive blades were hardly affected, indicating greater tolerance to desiccation than the vegetative blades. Fucus guiryi showed tolerance to high temperatures (32 °C) suggesting plasticity to future warming scenarios.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44036002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-03-08DOI: 10.1515/bot-2022-0065
D. Ballantine, J. N. Norris, Gabriel Johnson, Hector Ruiz
{"title":"Dasya hispida sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico and Grenada, Caribbean Sea","authors":"D. Ballantine, J. N. Norris, Gabriel Johnson, Hector Ruiz","doi":"10.1515/bot-2022-0065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2022-0065","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A new subtidal species of Dasya is reported from offshore algal plains of Puerto Rico and Grenada in the Caribbean. Closely invested with pigmented lateral branchlets giving the alga a shaggy appearance, the species bears close resemblance and genetic affinity to the Bermudian Dasya cryptica and a superficial resemblance to Pacific D. anastomosans. The new species differs from all known Atlantic congeners as well as non-Atlantic members of the “Dasya cryptica complex” both genetically and in possessing rhizoids among its pericentral and enlarged inner cortical cells.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48647474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-02-27DOI: 10.1515/bot-2022-0052
Sinuhé Hernández-Márquez, María Eugenia Zamudio-Reséndiz, M. L. Núñez-Reséndiz, Alexis Escarcega-Bata, A. Sentíes
{"title":"Ultrastructural characterization of Minutocellus polymorphus (Cymatosiraceae, Bacillariophyta) and first record from the Eastern Pacific","authors":"Sinuhé Hernández-Márquez, María Eugenia Zamudio-Reséndiz, M. L. Núñez-Reséndiz, Alexis Escarcega-Bata, A. Sentíes","doi":"10.1515/bot-2022-0052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2022-0052","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The diatom Minutocellus polymorphus is a widely studied species because it is an ideal model for toxicity tests since it grows rapidly. Although the gross morphology has been extensively described, the ultrastructural characters associated with its importance, are unknown. It is also the only species in the genus that has been documented in the North American Atlantic, but unknown on the Eastern Pacific coasts. In a collection made in Acapulco Bay, Guerrero, Mexico, cells morphologically identical to M. polymorphus were isolated. From cultures and observations in transmission electron microscope, a first description of the ultrastructure of the genus is provided, and from sequences of 18S, we confirmed its taxonomic identity as M. polymorphus. However, more detailed studies are needed to continue increasing the knowledge about the ultrastructure of diatoms on the Mexican Pacific coasts, where they are previously unknown.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49164732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Botanica MarinaPub Date : 2023-02-14DOI: 10.1515/bot-2022-0057
K. Pang, I-An Chen, Michael Wai-Lun Chiang, Ami Shaumi, S. Hsieh, Sheng-Yu Guo
{"title":"Arenicolous marine fungi of sandy beaches of Taiwan","authors":"K. Pang, I-An Chen, Michael Wai-Lun Chiang, Ami Shaumi, S. Hsieh, Sheng-Yu Guo","doi":"10.1515/bot-2022-0057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2022-0057","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study investigated the morphological diversity of arenicolous marine fungi (only those forming fruiting bodies on sand grains) at 11 sandy beaches in Taiwan. The species of Corollospora were identified by ascospore morphology and confirmed through a phylogenetic analysis of the 28S rDNA with other published sequences. The phylogenetic analysis revealed four previously unknown clades of Corollospora spp. related to C. portsaidica, while differences in ascospore morphology of the isolates in these four clades were observed. A total of 13 species of arenicolous marine fungi was identified from the 11 sandy beaches, including two Arenariomyces spp., nine Corollospora spp. (including four unknown Corollospora clades), Kohlmeyeriella crassa and Carbosphaerella cf sp. Taan Beach had the highest species richness (eight species), followed by Yongzhen Sea Park and Pisirian (five species each). The Shannon’s diversity index revealed the highest diversity at Taan Beach (1.51) over Pisirian (1.44), but the diversity was more even at the latter site (Pielou’s evenness index = 0.9) compared with the former (0.73). Non-metric multidimensional scaling suggests that there was generally a divide in the fungal community composition between the east and the west coasts of Taiwan.","PeriodicalId":9191,"journal":{"name":"Botanica Marina","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47908789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}