Molecular characterization of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii strains isolated from Portuguese freshwaters |
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Authors: | E Valrio P Pereira ML Saker S Franca R Tenreiro |
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Institution: | aUniversidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Centro de Genética e Biologia Molecular, and Instituto de Ciência Aplicada e Tecnologia, Edifício ICAT, Campus da FCUL, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal;bInstituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Av. Padre Cruz, 1649-016 Lisboa, Portugal;cCentro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Rua dos Bragas 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal |
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Abstract: | Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii is a toxic bloom forming cyanobacteria that is a common component of the phytoplankton assemblage in temperate freshwaters, as well as in temperate climates. This species is of major concern in public health, due to its known ability to produce toxins, including cylindrospermopsin and paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin (PSP).In this study, M13 PCR fingerprinting, ERIC PCR fingerprinting and amplification of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region were used to characterize nine cultured strains of C. raciborskii, sourced from several freshwater lakes and rivers in Portugal, and two other Australian. Strains belonging to other taxa including Microcystis aeruginosa, Aphanizomenon spp., Planktothrix agardhii and Oscillatoria neglecta were also analysed to evaluate the taxonomical potential of the fingerprinting methods.Data obtained from genomic fingerprinting were used to perform hierarchical cluster analysis and demonstrated ability to differentiate strains at intra-specific level. However, the high level of variability prevents their use as an identification tool. ITS amplification displayed intra-specific polymorphism both in number and length of the obtained amplicons, but revealed itself as a good method for strain clustering. The unsuccessful amplification of peptide synthetase (PS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) genes pointed to the inability of Portuguese C. raciborskii strains to produce cylindrospermopsin. HPLC analysis further confirmed this lack of toxicity, since negative results were obtained for cylindrospermopsin and PSP toxins. |
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Keywords: | Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii ERIC PCR fingerprinting ITS M13 PCR fingerprinting PS and PKS genes PSP toxins |
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