Chemotaxonomy of New Zealand red algae in the family Gigartinaceae (Rhodophyta) based on galactan structures from the tetrasporophyte life-stage |
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Authors: | Ruth Falshaw Richard H Furneaux |
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Institution: | Industrial Research Ltd, PO Box 31-310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | The identification of the polysaccharides from tetrasporophytic plants of nine endemic New Zealand species belonging to the Gigartinaceae, ‘Gigartina’ ancistroclada, ‘G.’ grandifida, Gigartina dilatata, G. divaricata, G. macrocarpa, G. marginifera, G. pachymenioides, G. sp. ‘Lindauer 164’ and Sarcothalia livida using infra-red spectroscopy in conjunction with constituent sugar and glycosyl linkage/substitution analysis is reported. All nine species contain galactans with structures consistent with λ-type carrageenans. Differences in the structures of the galactans in these and a further six previously studied species indicate chemotaxonomically distinct groupings that correspond to Sarcothalia, ‘Sarcothalia’ and Gigartina genera plus some outliers. These distinct, chemotaxonomic groupings are aligned to those determined by rbcL sequence analysis reported in the literature. |
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Keywords: | Carrageenan Sulfated galactan Chondracanthus Gigartina Sarcothalia Gigartinaceae |
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