Molecular diversity of symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium (Zooxanthellae) in cnidarians of the Mediterranean Sea
Visram, S.; Wiedenmann, J.; Douglas, A.E. (2006). Molecular diversity of symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium (Zooxanthellae) in cnidarians of the Mediterranean Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(6): 1281-1283. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406014299
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, meer
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- Visram, S.
- Wiedenmann, J.
- Douglas, A.E.
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| Abstract |
The molecular diversity of dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium in symbiosis with ten species of scleractinian coral, sea anemone and scyphomedusa in the Mediterreanean Sea was investigated by restriction analysis and sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified fragments of SSU and LSU rRNA genes. All species bore Symbiodinium of clade A, apart from Bunodeopsis strumosa, which had clade B. The clade A sequences clustered with a previously described group, 'temperate-A', known only from the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of the UK and France. It is concluded that clade temperate-A is prevalent, but not universal, in the Mediterranean. |
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