Fottea 13(2): 227-233, 2013 | DOI: 10.5507/fot.2013.018

Chakia (cyanobacteria), a new heterocytous genus from Belizean marshes identified on the basis of the 16S rRNA gene.

Jaroslava Komárková1,2, Eliška Zapomělová1,3, Jiří Komárek2,3
1 Biology Centre AS CR, Institute of Hydrobiology, Na sádkách 7, 370 01 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2 Botanical Institute AS CR, Dukelská 145, Třeboň, Czech Republic
3 University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

A new genus Chakia has been described on the basis of 16S rRNA sequences of four strains isolated from two localities in alkaline marshes in Belize (Central America). Characteristic morphological features of thalli both from natural environment and from cultivated strains were documented to complete the description of this new genus. The type strain has been named Ch.ciliosa sp. nov. Previous findings and up to now performed samplings and studies
of relative material have indicated that the occurrence of the genus in all Belizean alkaline marshes, Everglades (USA), Cuban and other tropical Caribbean alkaline marshes is evident or highly probable.

Keywords: Chakia, Scytonemataceae, central America, alkaline marshes, taxonomy, ecology

Received: March 2, 2013; Accepted: April 28, 2013; Published: September 1, 2013  Show citation

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Komárková, J., Zapomělová, E., & Komárek, J. (2013). Chakia (cyanobacteria), a new heterocytous genus from Belizean marshes identified on the basis of the 16S rRNA gene. Fottea, 13(2), 227-233. doi: 10.5507/fot.2013.018
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