Journal
FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
Volume 92, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiw122
Keywords
biogeography; green algae; Chlorella; Stichococcus; polar strains; SSU; ITS2
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- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [DFG Fr905/16-1, PAK 540, DFG Fr905/17-1]
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF UKR 08/038]
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic [LM2010009, RVO67985939]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [DEB-0529737]
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Chlorella and Stichococcus are morphologically simple airborne microalgae, omnipresent in terrestrial and aquatic habitats. The minute cell size and resistance against environmental stress facilitate their long-distance dispersal. However, the actual distribution of Chlorella- and Stichococcus-like species has so far been inferred only from ambiguous morphology-based evidence. Here we contribute a phylogenetic analysis of an expanded SSU and ITS2 rDNA sequence dataset representing Chlorella- and Stichococcus-like species from terrestrial habitats of polar, temperate and tropical regions. We aim to uncover biogeographical patterns at low taxonomic levels. We found that psychrotolerant strains of Chlorella and Stichococcus are closely related with strains originating from the temperate zone. Species closely related to Chlorella vulgaris and Muriella terrestris, and recovered from extreme terrestrial environments of polar regions and hot deserts, are particularly widespread. Stichococcus strains from the temperate zone, with their closest relatives in the tropics, differ from strains with the closest relatives being from the polar regions. Our data suggest that terrestrial Chlorella and Stichococcus might be capable of intercontinental dispersal; however, their actual distributions exhibit biogeographical patterns.Airborne unicellular microalgae are considered to have cosmopolitan distribution; however, molecular comparisons of Chlorella- and Stichococcus-like species recognized lineages with either temperate-polar or temperate-tropical distribution patterns.Airborne unicellular microalgae are considered to have cosmopolitan distribution; however, molecular comparisons of Chlorella- and Stichococcus-like species recognized lineages with either temperate-polar or temperate-tropical distribution patterns.
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