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Geminigera | Plagioselmis | Teleaulax

Kerstin Hoef-Emden and John M. Archibald
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Containing group: Cryptomonads

Introduction

Characteristics

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Similar to Cryptomonas and the Rhodomonas/Rhinomonas/Storeatula genus complex dimorphism seems to be present in this group (Figure 1; Deane et al. 2002).

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Figure 1. Molecular phylogeny of the Geminigera/Plagioselmis/Teleaulax genus complex. Maximum likelihood tree inferred from nuclear SSU rDNA sequences. Scale bar = substitutions per site. © 2008 Kerstin Hoef-Emden

References

Deane JA, Hill DRA, Brett SJ, McFadden GI (2002) Cryptomonad evolution: Nuclear 18S rDNA phylogeny versus cell morphology and pigmentation. J. Phycol. 38: 1236-1244

Butcher RW (1967) An Introductory Account of the Smaller Algae of British Coastal Waters. Part IV: Cryptophyceae. Fishery Investigations, Series IV. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London

Hill DRA (1991a) A revised circumscription of Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae) based on examination of Australian strains. Phycologia 30: 170-188

Novarino G, Lucas IAN, Morrall S (1994) Observations on the genus Plagioselmis (Cryptophyceae). Cryptogam. Algol. 15: 87-107

Shalchian-Tabrizi K, Bråte J, Logares R, Klaveness D, Berney C, Jakobsen KS (2008) Diversification of unicellular eukaryotes: cryptomonad colonizations of marine and fresh waters inferred from revised 18S rRNA phylogeny. Environ. Microbiol. 10: 2635-2644

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Scientific Name Geminigera
Location cultures and samples collected from the Ross Sea in Antarctica
Acknowledgements samples collected by Rebecca Gast
Source Geminigera
Source Collection Micro*scope
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Copyright © Dawn Moran and D. J. Patterson
Scientific Name Plagioselmis prolonga
Source Plagioselmis prolonga
Source Collection Micro*scope
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This page is being developed as part of the Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, co-sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity and the Tula Foundation.

Kerstin Hoef-Emden
Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

John M. Archibald
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Kerstin Hoef-Emden at and John M. Archibald at

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