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Six newly recorded species of epilithic cyanobacteria isolated in Korea

  • Hye-Ryeung Wang (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Ji-Ho Song (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Nam-Ju Lee (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Do-Hyun Kim (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Kyonggi University) ;
  • So-Won Kim (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Kyonggi University) ;
  • Ok-Min Lee (Department of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Kyonggi University)
  • Received : 2023.06.29
  • Accepted : 2023.11.27
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

In this study, 11 strains of epilithic cyanobacteria belonging to six unrecorded species in Korea were isolated from gravel submerged in freshwater of seven collection sites in Korea. The morphological characteristics of the six species isolated in this study were consistent with the type strain of each species, and the similarity of the 16S rRNA gene sequences with the type strain of each species were 98.8-100%. In the phylogenetic tree using the 16S rRNA gene sequences, the 11 strains of these six species formed the same cluster as the strains of each species. The habitat of each previously reported species is mainly the soil surface, but all Korean strains appeared from the gravel submerged in freshwater. As a result of the morphological, ecological, and molecular analyses, these six species of cyanobacteria were identified as Geminocystis papuanica, Allocoleopsis franciscana, Ancylothrix terrestris, Klisinema persicum, Scytolyngbya timoleontis, and Shackletoniella antarctica, which were added as newly recorded species in Korea.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by a grant from the Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources (NNIBR) (NNIBR2016284, NNIBR2017287) and the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) (NIBR201902114, NIBR202203204), funded by Korea Ministry of Environment(MOE).

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