Thecal plate morphology, molecular phylogeny, and toxin analyses reveal two novel species of Alexandrium (Dinophyceae) and their potential for toxin production.
Alexandrium
Goniodomins
Harmful algal bloom
ITS secondary structure
Paralytic shellfish toxins
Taxonomy
Thecal plates
Journal
Harmful algae
ISSN: 1878-1470
Titre abrégé: Harmful Algae
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101128968
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2023
08 2023
Historique:
received:
25
04
2023
revised:
22
06
2023
accepted:
29
06
2023
medline:
8
8
2023
pubmed:
7
8
2023
entrez:
6
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study describes two novel species of marine dinophytes in the genus Alexandrium. Morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses support the placement of the new taxa, herein designated as Alexandrium limii sp. nov. and A. ogatae sp. nov. Alexandrium limii, a species closely related to A. taylorii, is distinguished by having a shorter 2'/4' suture length, narrower plates 1' and 6'', with larger length: width ratios, and by the position of the ventral pore (Vp). Alexandrium ogatae is distinguishable with its metasert plate 1' having almost parallel lateral margins, and by lacking a Vp. Production of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs), cycloimines, and goniodomins (GDs) in clonal cultures of A. ogatae, A. limii, and A. taylorii were examined analytically and the results showed that all strains contained GDs, with GDA as major variants (6-14 pg cell
Identifiants
pubmed: 37544675
pii: S1568-9883(23)00101-4
doi: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102475
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Marine Toxins
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102475Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.