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1. College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200235, China
2. Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309, USA
3. College of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200235, China
wangqx@shnu.edu.cn
youqm1117@shnu.edu.cn
Received:13 April 2023,
Accepted:06 July 2023,
Online First:12 September 2023,
Published:01 May 2024
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HU Jingwen,YI Yuxin,YANG Zhengxin,et al.Morphological comparison and molecular marker screening of three Skeletonema species found in Changjiang (Yangtze) River Basin[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2024,42(03):923-942.
In our recent investigations of diatom diversity
we studied three species
namely
Skeletonema
costatum
Skeletonema
subsalsum
and
Skeletonema
potamos
. Although they have been found frequently in Changjiang (Yangtze) River Basin
their morphological and molecular identification is difficult in taxonomy. Therefore
to i
ntegrate morphological and molecular biological approaches
we compared systematically their morphological characters and performed phylogenetic analysis. Twelve strains of
Skeletonema
were collected and isolated from Shanghai and Jiangsu
China
and their morphological characteristics were examined by light microscopy (LM) and the scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Based on morphological comparison
we determined that
S
.
potamos
is easy to distinguish from the other two species. The heavily silicified areolae
undulated or cleft distal ends of terminal fultoportula processes (TFPPs)
absence of basal pores of fultoportula processes (FPPs)
the root-like protrusions of FPPs
and no interlocking connection are the stable characteristics that can be used to identify
S
.
potamos
. However
there are only two features that can distinguish
S
.
costatum
from
S
.
subsalsum
namely the location of terminal rimoportulae (TRPs) and the distal shape of TFPPs. In addition
we amplified and sequenced nine common genetic markers from the strains
from which 101 sequences were obtained
constructed phylogenetic trees based on the nine genes and evaluated that seven genes can be used to identify
S
.
potamos
and revealed that
S
.
subsalsum
is the closest known relative of
S
.
costatum
and only ATP synthetase beta-subunit gene (
atp
B) is able to distinguish them from each other
which strongly support that it is an effective molecular marker for
Skeletonema
. This work provided a theoretical basis for the taxonomic study of
Skeletonema
.
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