PT Journal
AU Bohunicka, M
   Johansen, RJ
   Fucikova, K
TI Tapinothrix clintonii sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new species at the nexus of five genera.
SO Fottea
PY 2011
BP 127
EP 140
VL 11
IS 1
DI 10.5507/fot.2011.013
DE Ammatoidea; Homoeothrix; Leptolyngbya; Phormidiochaete; Tapinothrix; Cyanobacteria; taxonomy; 16S rRNA; 16S-23S ITS; rRNA secondary structure
AB A new species was isolated and characterized from Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. This taxon shares morphological characteristics with five different genera, Ammatoidea, Homoeothrix, Leptolyngbya, Phormidiochaete, and Tapinothrix. An argument could be made to place it in any of these genera, however, we consider the most taxonomically correct genus for our pseudanabaenalean species to be Tapinothrix, and we accordingly describe it as T. clintonii sp. nov. Phylogenetically, the taxon is closest to Leptolyngbya sensu stricto, but it has very distinctive morphology and 16S-23S ITS sequence and secondary structure that support our conclusion to recognize Tapinothrix as a genus separate from Leptolyngbya.
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