Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros de Leixões, Matosinhos, Portugal.
Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
J Phycol. 2024 Oct;60(5):1285-1304. doi: 10.1111/jpy.13502. Epub 2024 Sep 17.
Culture collections such as the Blue Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology Culture Collection (LEGE-CC) hold approximately 1200 cyanobacterial strains and are critical community resources. However, many isolates in this and other collections have not been described with a polyphasic approach, and this limits further study. Here, we employed a polyphasic methodology that integrates 16S rRNA gene phylogenetic analyses, similarity (p-distance), 16S-23S ITS rRNA region secondary structures, morphological analyses, and habitat assessments to describe four novel cyanobacterial genera from the LEGE-CC, Portugal. Pseudolimnococcus planktonicus gen. et sp. nov. (Chroococcales) is phylogenetically and morphologically related to Limnococcus. The 16S rRNA gene similarity between the types of both genera is only 93.1%. Morphologically, Pseudolimnococcus cells do not reach the original spherical shape before the next division or have aerotopes and firm mucilage, while Limnococcus cells reach the original shape, lack aerotopes, and have diffluent mucilage. Eucapsopsis lusitanus gen. et sp. nov. (Chroococcales) is morphologically similar to Eucapsis but differs from it by having aerotopes and diffluent envelope. Eucapsis lacks aerotopes and has firm mucilaginous envelopes, rarely diffluent. Both genera are phylogenetically very distant from each other and have only 90.68% 16S rRNA gene similarity. Pseudoacaryochloris arrabidensis gen. et sp. nov. (Acaryochloridales) differs from Acaryochloris by the lack of mucilaginous envelope, which is present in Acaryochloris. Both genera are phylogenetically distant and have only 94.1% 16S rRNA gene similarity. Moreover, Acaryochloris is marine (sponge symbiont), while Pseudoacaryochloris is from freshwater. Vasconcelosia minhoensis gen. et sp. nov. (Nodosilineales) is phylogenetically related to Cymatolege but has only 94.3% similarity with this genus. Morphologically both genera are distinct. Vasconcelosia has a Romeria-like structure, while Cymatolege has a Phormidium-like structure. In all cases the 16S-23S ITS rRNA region secondary structures are in agreement with the other analyses. These novel genera expand the diversity of cyanobacteria in culture collections.
培养物收藏,如蓝生物技术和生态毒理学培养物收藏(LEGE-CC),约有 1200 株蓝藻菌株,是重要的社区资源。然而,这个和其他收藏中的许多分离株并没有用多相方法进行描述,这限制了进一步的研究。在这里,我们采用了一种多相方法,该方法整合了 16S rRNA 基因系统发育分析、相似性(p 距离)、16S-23S ITS rRNA 区域二级结构、形态分析和栖息地评估,从葡萄牙的 LEGE-CC 描述了四个新的蓝藻属。浮游假单胞菌属(Chroococcales)在系统发育和形态上与 Limnococcus 有关。这两个属的类型之间的 16S rRNA 基因相似度仅为 93.1%。形态上,浮游假单胞菌细胞在下次分裂前不会达到原始的球形形状,也没有气穴和坚实的粘液,而 Limnococcus 细胞达到原始形状,没有气穴,粘液流动。 Lusitanus 新属(Chroococcales)与 Eucapsis 相似,但与 Eucapsis 不同的是它有气穴和流动的包膜。Eucapsis 没有气穴,有坚固的粘液包膜,很少流动。这两个属在系统发育上彼此非常遥远,只有 90.68%的 16S rRNA 基因相似度。Pseudoacaryochloris arrabidensis 新属(Acaryochloridales)与 Acaryochloris 的不同之处在于缺乏粘液包膜,而 Acaryochloris 具有粘液包膜。这两个属在系统发育上相距很远,只有 94.1%的 16S rRNA 基因相似度。此外,Acaryochloris 是海洋的(海绵共生体),而 Pseudoacaryochloris 是淡水的。Minhoensis 新属(Nodosilineales)与 Cymatolege 在系统发育上有关,但与该属的相似度仅为 94.3%。形态上,这两个属是不同的。Vasconcelosia 有 Romeria 样结构,而 Cymatolege 有 Phormidium 样结构。在所有情况下,16S-23S ITS rRNA 区域二级结构与其他分析结果一致。这些新属扩大了培养物收藏中蓝藻的多样性。