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Pseudo‐nitzschia nanaoensis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae) from the Chinese coast of the South China Sea
Author(s) -
Li Yang,
Dong Huan Chang,
Teng Sing Tung,
Bates Stephen S.,
Lim Po Teen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/jpy.12791
Subject(s) - biology , domoic acid , brine shrimp , monophyly , botany , clade , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , phylogenetic tree , ecology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , toxin
Pseudo‐nitzschia nanaoensis sp. nov. is described from waters around Nan'ao Island (South China Sea), using morphological data and molecular evidence. This species is morphologically most similar to P. brasiliana , but differs by a denser arrangement of fibulae, interstriae, and poroids, as well as by the structure of the valvocopula and the narrow second band. Pseudo‐nitzschia nanaoensis constitutes a monophyletic lineage and is well differentiated from other species on the LSU and ITS 2 sequence‐structure trees. Pseudo‐nitzschia nanaoensis makes up the basal node on the LSU tree, and forms a sister clade with a group of P. pungens and P. multiseries on the ITS2 tree. The ability of cultured strains to produce domoic acid was assessed, including its possible induction by the presence of a copepod and brine shrimp, by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. However, no strains showed detectable domoic acid.

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