Taxonomic reinvestigation of the genus Tetradesmus (Scenedesmaceae; Sphaeropleales) based on morphological characteristics and chloroplast genomes.

ABSTRACT: The genus Tetradesmus (Scenedesmaceae; Sphaeropleales) comprises one of the most abundant green algae in freshwater environments. It includes morphologically diverse species that exhibit bundle-like, plane-arranged coenobia, and unicells, because several different Scenedesmus-like groups were integrated into this genus based on phylogenetic analysis. Nevertheless, there is no clear information regarding the phylogenetic relationship of Tetradesmus species, determined using several marker genes, because of low phylogenetic support and insufficient molecular data. Currently, genome information is available from diverse taxa, which could provide high-resolution evolutionary relationships. In particular, phylogenetic studies using chloroplast genomes demonstrated the poten

SUBMITTER: Cho HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10899504 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature