Affiliation:
1. National Changhua University of Education, Department of Biology, Changhua, Taiwan
2. Tunghai University, Department of Life Science, Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract
Samples of the freshwater red algae, Bangiadulcis atropurpurea, collected
from the mountain waterfalls and its close species, Bangia fuscopurpurea,
collected from coasts, were phylogenetically analyzed. The sequences of the
rbcL gene and RuBisCO spacer region of the freshwater Bangiadulcis
atropurpurea species were identical or similar to those of B. atropurpurea
from Japan, North America and Europe. This result indicated that the
freshwater Bangiadulcis species from Taiwan shared a common ancestor with the
three above-mentioned populations and formed a distinct clade from the marine
Bangia species in the phylogenetic trees. It is suggested that all the
previous records on marine Bangia species should be revised and the name B.
fuscopurpurea be used for the marine species in Taiwan. In this study, the
freshwater alga B. atropurpurea presents a new record in the algal flora of
Taiwan. This finding is important for the protection of the biodiversity of
red algal flora, and provides useful information on the ecological
conservation of the species in Taiwan.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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