DNA analyses of a private collection of microbial green algae contribute to a better understanding of microbial diversity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

DNA comparison is becoming the leading approach to the analysis of microbial diversity. For eukaryotes, the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) has emerged as a conspicuous molecule that is useful for distinguishing between species. Because of the small number of usable ITS data in GenBank, ITS2 sequence comparisons have only been used for limited taxa. However, major institutions with planktonic algal culture collections have now released small subunit (SSU) to ITS rDNA sequence data for their collections. This development has uplifted the level of molecular systematics for these algae.

Results

Forty-three strains of green algae isolated from German inland waters were investigated by using SSU-ITS rDNA sequencing. The strains were isolated through the direct pla

SUBMITTER: Hoshina R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4167140 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature