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Title
Phylogenetic analysis of the SSU rRNA from members of the Chrysophyceae
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Abstract
The nucleotide sequence for the nuclear-encoded small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (SSU rRNA) was determined for 24 species of the Chrysophyceae sensu stricto. These sequences were aligned, using primary and secondary structure, with nine previously published sequences for the Chrysophyceae, 14 for the Synurophyceae, and five for the Eustigmatophyceae (outgroup), Data analyses were the substitution rate calibration distance method using neighbor-joining (TREECON), Kimura 2-parameter neighbor-joining method (PAUP) and the maximum parsimony method (PAUP, PHYLIP), Trees from the analyses were largely congruent, but bootstrap support was weak at many nodes. The analyses recovered clades of uniflagellate and biflagellate organisms associated with current higher level taxonomy (e.g., subclass, order). The genus Ochromonas was polyphyletic, and O. tuberculata in particular was distantly related to the other Ochromonas species in the analysis. The family Paraphysomonadaceae occupied a basal position in three of four analyses. The class Synurophyceae appeared to be embedded within the Chrysophyceae, but bootstrap support was weak (< 50%) in all analyses except the PHYLIP parsimony analysis (= 81%), It was considered premature to place the Synurophyceae back into the Chrysophyceae based upon the analysis of one gene, especially given the ultrastructural and pigment differences between the two groups, but the relationship of these two groups deserves further study.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Protist. - Jena
Publication
Jena : 1999
ISSN
1434-4610
DOI
10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70010-6
Volume/pages
150 :1 (1999) , p. 71-84
ISI
000080000300008
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