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Morphological and molecular characterization of the cyanobacterial genus Anabaena isolated from Brazilian water bodies The advent of molecular evolutionary studies based on 16S rRNA genes sequences of cyanobacteria, the taxonomy of Anabaena (Cyanobacteria) has been widely discussed and a revision of the genus is required. The problems range from the generic level, such as Anabaena – Aphanizomenon group, to levels of strains differentiation (morphospecies). Molecular studies of Anabaena strains isolated from Brazilian ecosystems are lacking. In order to explore the diversity, phylogeny and evolutionary diversification of Anabaena strains isolated from Brazilian environments, phenotypic and genotypic studies were performed. A total of 43 Anabaena isolates were obtained from water bodies of Sao Paulo State (Billings reservoir, Santo Grande reservoir, Piracicaba river and Engenharia pond – Esalq) and Ceara State (Povoado Nova Aurora pond and Camarao river). The isolated Anabaena species were identified as A. aphanizomenoides Forti, A. circinalis Rabenhorst ex Bornet et Flahault, A. crassa (Lemmermann) Komárková-Legnerová et Cronberg, A. cf. fallax Lomárek et Komárková-Legnerová and A. planctonica Brunnthaler. The culture media used for cyanobacterial isolation were AA/4, ASM-1 andBGN, the latter also in the variants with NaNO3 50% (BG50) and without nitrate (BGS), with and without addition of B12 vitamin. The ASM-1 medium did not promote the growth of Anabaena. The A. circinalis and A. crassa species had not grown inBGN culture medium with NaNO3 17.65 mM, showing growth in BG50 medium. The addition of B12 vitamin favored the growth of A. circinalis. The morphological characters analyzed for 23 isolates were the length (L) and diameter (D) of vegetative cell (V), heterocyte (HT), akinete (AK), coil (CO), L/D ratio (R) for V, HT and AK, and D/L ratio for CO (RCO). The sheath diameter (SD) was also evaluated. The principal component analysis (PCA) confirmed that the coil is an important feature to separate the morphospecies A. circinalis, A.crassa and A. cf. fallax. RV and RHT were diacritical for differentiation of A. cf. fallax. The akinete length (LAK) was important to differentiate A. aphanizomenoides from A. planctonica. The sheath differentiated A. crassa from other morphospecies. Phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA gene placed A. circinalis and A. crassa, A. planctonica, A. aphanizomenoides and A. cf. fallax Brazilian isolates in separated clades in agreement with morphological characters. With the exception of A. planctonica, the 16S rRNA sequences of the Brazilian isolates did not cluster with relative strains originated from other countries, indicating that they are unique. The phylogenetic analysis of concatenated genes16S rRNA, rpoC1, rbcL, tufA corroborated results of 16S rRNA phylogeny and morphological identifications. The attempt to obtain molecular standards for the Anabaena species isolated from Brazil was made using the PCR-DGGE technique. The fragments of the 359-781 region of 16S rRNA showed only one DNA band for A. circinalis, while more than one band was observed in other Anabaena morphospecies.

Caracterização morfológica e molecular de cianobactérias do gênero Anabaena isoladas de corpos d'água brasileiros