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E-ISSN : 2713-8615
Description of an unrecorded diatom Fragilaria saxoplanctonica Lange-Bertalot & Ulrich (Bacillariophyceae) from Paldang Reservoir in Korea
Taehee Kim (Department of Life Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul 03016, Republic of Korea)
Sang Deuk Lee
Jang-Seu Ki
Abstract
Diatoms are unicellular eukaryotic microalgae, and they are highly diversified in aquatic environments. We describe an unrecorded diatom species Fragilaria saxoplanctonica Lange-Bertalot & Ulrich (Bacil lariophyceae) collected from Paldang Reservoir, Korea, on 4 April 2022. The valve was needle shaped and narrowly rectangular, its ends were rounded, and no spines were found on the outline of their valves. The valve was 67.2-70.2μm in length and 1.4-2.9μm in width. The ratio of width-to-length was 1 : 23.2-50.1. The pattern of striation was alternate or opposite, and the number of striae in 10μm was 24-26. Molecular comparisons of the 18S rDNA and rbcL sequences showed that it belonged to the genus Fragilaria. These morphological and phylogenetic results confirmed that our species was F. saxoplanctonica, and it was the first record in Korea.
- keywords
- 18S rRNA, Fragilaria saxoplanctonica, freshwater diatom, morphology, Paldang Reservoir, rbcL
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