Vermistella arctica n. sp Nominates the Genus Vermistella as a Candidate for Taxon with Bipolar Distribution
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology |
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| Web | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeu.12270/abstract |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12270 |
| Field | Animal diseases, veterinary medicine |
| Keywords | actin; biogeography; bipolar distribution; free-living amoebae; phylogeny; polar regions; SSU |
| Description | A new amoebozoan species, Vermistella arctica n. sp., is described from marine habitats in the central part of Svalbard archipelago. This is the first report on Arctic amoebae belonging to the genus Vermistella Moran and Anderson, 2007, the type species of which was described from the opposite pole of the planet. Psychrophily proved in the new strains qualifies the genus Vermistella as a bipolar taxon. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on 18S rDNA and actin sequences did not show any affinity of the genus Vermistella to Stygamoeba regulataATCC((R)) 50892 strain. A close phylogenetic relationship was found between Vermistella spp. and a sequence originating from an environmental sample from Cariaco basin, the largest marine permanently anoxic system in the world. Possible mechanisms of bipolar distribution are discussed. |
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