RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Rasouli-Dogaheh, Somayeh
A1 Noroozi, Mostafa
A1 Khansha, Javad
A1 Amoozegar, Mohammad Ali
A1 Rahimi, Rezvan
A1 Nikou, Mahdi Moshtaghi
A1 Hauer, Tomáš
T1  Khargia gen. nov., a new genus of simple trichal Cyanobacteria from the Persian Gulf
JF Fottea
YR 2023
VO 23
IS 1
SP 49
OP 61
DO 10.5507/fot.2022.012
UL https://fottea.czechphycology.cz/artkey/fot-202301-0005.php
AB Information regarding the diversity of Cyanobacteria in many parts of the world is still minimal. One example of a region that has not yet been widely studied is south-western Asia, including the region of the Persian Gulf. A culture-dependent study of cyanobacterial diversity in a rainwater basin on Kharg Island enabled the isolation of a novel taxon, previously unnamed, from a simple trichal cyanobacterium. Further comparisons showed the existence of closely related strains/taxa from other parts of the world, namely the strains CCALA 945 isolated from South Italy and "Leptolyngbya india" from India. Herein, we have thus described the new genus Khargia and the new species Khargia iranica. Other strains, isolated by other authors, were included in the Khargia genus as additional species: Khargia italica and Khargia indica. The recognition of the new genus was based on morphological evaluations (identification by both light and electron microscopy), the phylogenetic analyses based on the 16S rRNA gene, and species delimitation based on Automatic Barcode Gap Definition (ABGD), Generalized Mixed Yule Coalescent (GMYC), bayesian version of Poisson Tree Processes (bPTP), and the secondary structure of 16S-23S rRNA ITS region of the studied strains.