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Rhodomonas | Rhinomonas | Storeatula

Kerstin Hoef-Emden and John M. Archibald
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Containing group: Cryptomonads

Introduction

Characteristics

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

A mixture of genera with different periplast types across the tree provides evidence for dimorphism in this cryptophyte group (Figure 1; Marin et al. 1998; Deane et al. 2002; Hoef-Emden et al. 2002). This is most obvious from existence of two Rhinomonas strains and Storeatula major that have almost identical DNA sequences. Therefore, this genus complex requires revision to eliminate inconsistencies.

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Figure 1. Molecular phylogeny of the Rhodomonas/Rhinomonas/Storeatula genus complex. Maximum likelihood tree inferred from nuclear SSU rDNA sequences. Scale bar = substitutions per site. © 2008 Kerstin Hoef-Emden

References

Deane JA, Hill DRA, Brett SJ, McFadden GI (2002) Cryptomonad evolution: Nuclear 18S rDNA phylogeny versus cell morphology and pigmentation. J. Phycol. 38: 1236-1244

Hill DRA (1991a) A revised circumscription of Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae) based on examination of Australian strains. Phycologia 30: 170-188

Hill DRA, Wetherbee R (1988) The structure and taxonomy of Rhinomonas pauca gen. et sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae). Phycologia 27: 355-365

Hill DRA, Wetherbee R (1989) A reappraisal of the genus Rhodomonas (Cryptophyceae). Phycologia 28: 143-158

Hoef-Emden K, Marin B, Melkonian M (2002) Nuclear and nucleomorph SSU rDNA phylogeny in the Cryptophyta and the evolution of cryptophyte diversity. J. Mol. Evol. 55: 161-179

Karsten G (1898) Rhodomonas baltica N. g. et sp. Wiss. Meeresunters. Abt. Kiel 3: 15

Marin B, Klingberg M, Melkonian M (1998) Phylogenetic relationships among the Cryptophyta: analyses of nuclear-encoded SSU rRNA sequences support the monophyly of extant plastid-containing lineages. Protist 149: 265-276

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Rhodomonas salina
Location material from Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton
Source Rhodomonas salina
Source Collection Micro*scope
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This page is being developed as part of the Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, co-sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity and the Tula Foundation.

Kerstin Hoef-Emden
Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

John M. Archibald
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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