Journal
FOTTEA
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 231-253Publisher
CZECH PHYCOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.5507/fot.2012.017
Keywords
inland waters of Africa; Chlorella; Compactochlorella nov gen.; Dictyosphaerium; diversity; geographic distribution; green algae; Kalenjinia nov gen.; Marasphaerium nov gen.; Masaia nov gen.
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- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [01LC0001]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [KR 1262/11-1+2]
- NERC Oceans
- NERC MGF [154]
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Trebouxiophytes of the Dictyosphaerium-morphotype from inland waters of Africa were studied using a polyphasic approach of SSU and ITS rDNA phylogeny, secondary structure of the ITS and observations made with a light microscope. Although the morphological criteria for differentiating species and genera are scarce, the genetic diversity of these algae was very high. Based on our genetic analysis findings, we described four new genera containing five new species: Compactochlorella dohrmannii, Compactochlorella kochii, Kalenjinia gelatinosa, Marasphaerium gattermannii and Masaia oloidia. Diversity and distribution of Chlorella related colonial chlorophytes in the tropical and temperate zones were compared and discussed.
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