Taxonomic re-examination of "Chloromonas nivalis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) zygotes" from Japan and description of C. muramotoi sp. nov.

ABSTRACT: Recent molecular data has strongly suggested that field-collected cysts of snow algae that are morphologically identifiable as the zygotes of Chloromonas nivalis are composed of multiple species. Motile vegetative cells, however, have not been directly obtained from these cysts because of the difficulties involved in inducing their germination. Recently, our comparative molecular analyses, using both field-collected and cultured materials, demonstrated that one Japanese lineage of "C. nivalis zygotes" belongs to C. miwae. Herein, we examined another Japanese lineage of field-collected "C. nivalis zygotes" and a new strain originating from Japan. Our molecular data demonstrated that these two different life cycle stages are conspecific, and that they represent a new species that we herein d

SUBMITTER: Matsuzaki R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6345437 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature