Description of novel species of Aliinostoc, Desikacharya and Desmonostoc using a polyphasic approach

Kabirnataj S 1 , Nematzadeh GA 1 , Talebi AF 2 , Saraf A 3 , Suradkar A 3 , Tabatabaei M 4 Show all authors , Singh P 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Genetic and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of Tabarestan (GABIT), Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran
  • 2 Department of Genetics, Faculty of Microbial Biotechnology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
  • 3 National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India
  • 4 Microbial Biotechnology Department, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran
  • 5 Laboratory of Cyanobacterial Systematics and Stress Biology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 2020 May;70(5):3413-3426.
PMID: 32375955 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004188

Abstract

Five cyanobacterial strains with Nostoc-like morphology from different localities of the Mazandaran province of Iran were characterized using a polyphasic approach. Three strains clustered within the Aliinostoc clade whereas one each of the remaining two strains clustered within the genera Desmonostoc and Desikacharya. The phylogenetic positioning of all the strains by the bayesian inference, neighbour joining and maximum parsimony methods inferred using 16S rRNA gene indicated them to represent novel species of the genera Aliinostoc, Desmonostoc and Desikacharya. The 16S-23S ITS secondary structure analysis revealed that all five strains under study represented novel species unknown to science. In accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants we describe three novel species of the genus Aliinostoc and one species each of the genera Desmonostoc and Desikacharya.

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