Taxonomy of the genus Poterioochromonas (Chrysophyceae) based on morphological and molecular evidence.

ABSTRACT: The genus Poterioochromonas is characterized by spherical cells having two unequal flagella, a greenish, yellow-brown plastid, and a hemispherical cup-shaped lorica with a long, narrow stalk and a foot anchoring to the substrate. In this genus, the only three mixotrophic species having plastids have been reported up to date: P. malhamensis, P. nutans, and P. stipitata. However, we observed heterotrophic Poterioochromonas species that had lost their plastids, and we successfully cultured them. To understand the taxonomy of Poterioochromonas species, we performed a molecular phylogenetic analysis and observed their morphological features using light and scanning electron microscopes. For the phylogenetic analysis, we used a combined dataset from five gene sequences: the nuclear small subunit

SUBMITTER: Jeong M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12168102 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature