Fottea 11(1): 127-140, 2011 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2011.013

Tapinothrix clintonii sp. nov. (Pseudanabaenaceae, Cyanobacteria), a new species at the nexus of five genera.

Markéta Bohunická1, Jeffrey R. Johansen2, Karolina Fučíková3
1 Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, České Budějovice, CZ-370 05, Czech Republic
2 Department of Biology, John Carroll University, University Heights, OH 44118, U.S.A.
3 University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 75 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, U.S.A.

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.

Keywords: Ammatoidea, Homoeothrix, Leptolyngbya, Phormidiochaete, Tapinothrix, Cyanobacteria, taxonomy, 16S rRNA, 16S-23S ITS, rRNA secondary structure

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