SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF THE ITS-2 REGION: A TOOL TO IDENTIFY STRAINS OF SCENEDESMUS (CHLOROPHYCEAE) |
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| Authors: | Erik J van Hannen Miquel Lürling Ellen van Donk |
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| Institution: | Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Limnology, P.O. Box 1299, 3600 BG Maarssen, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The genetic distances between several strains of Scenedesmus obliquus (Turp.) Kütz., S. acutus Hortobagyi, and S. naegelii Chod. calculated from ITS-2 sequences were found to be smaller than the genetic distances within other strains of Scenedesmus —that is, in S. acuminatus (Lagerh.) Chod. and S. pectinatus Meyen. These results confirm that the studied strains were not properly identified and should be renamed S. obliquus , as already suggested in other studies. |
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| Keywords: | ITS phylogeny Scenedesmus acutus Scenedesmus naegelii Scenedesmus obliquus |
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