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Type: Article
Published: 2020-02-05
Page range: 65–80
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A taxonomic reassessment of Chlamydomonas meslinii (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) with a description of Paludistella gen.nov.

Life Science Innovation, School of Integrative and Global Major, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan. Research Center for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl. Raya Bogor KM 46 Cibinong West Java, Indonesia.
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan.
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan.
Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0052, Japan. Systems Biology Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-8520, Japan.
Algae Biomass Energy System Development and Research Center, University of Tsukuba.
Taxonomy reassesment Chlamydomonas meslinii Paludistella Algae

Abstract

Chlamydomonas (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) is a large polyphyletic genus that includes numerous species that should be classified into independent genera. The present study aimed to examine the authentic strain of Chlamydomonas meslinii and related strains based on morphological and molecular data. All the strains possessed an asteroid chloroplast with a central pyrenoid and hemispherical papilla; however, they were different based on cell and stigmata shapes. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on 18S rDNA, atpB, and psaB indicated that the strains represented a distinct subclade in the clade Chloromonadinia. The secondary structure of ITS-2 supported the separation of the strains into four species. Based on the results, we propose a novel genus, Paludistella, including P. meslinii comb. nov., P. chlorostelatta comb. nov., P. asymmetrica sp. nov., and P. trianguloculus sp. nov.