Date of Award
Winter 2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Dr. Jeffrey Johansen
Abstract
Two populations of Rivularia-like cyanobacteria were isolated from ecologically diverse and biogeographically distant sites. One population was from an unpolluted stream in the Kola Peninsula of Russia, whereas the other was from a wet wall in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a desert park-land in Utah. Though both were virtually indistinguishable from Rivularia in field and cultured material, they were both phylogenetically distant from Rivularia and the Rivulariaceae based on both 16S rRNA and rbcLX phylogenies. The new putative cryptic genus Cyanomargarita, with proposed type species C. melechinii sp. nov., and additional putative species C. calcarea are described herein. A new family for these taxa, the Cyanomargaritaceae, is proposed for this new genus.
Recommended Citation
Shalygin, Sergey, "CYANOMARGARITA GEN. NOV. (NOSTOCALES, CYANOBACTERIA): CONVERGENT EVOLUTION RESULTING IN A CRYPTIC GENUS" (2016). Masters Theses. 21.
https://collected.jcu.edu/masterstheses/21
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