<i>Synechococcus salsus</i> sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria): A new unicellular, coccoid species from Yuncheng Salt Lake, North China

Authors

  • Hong-Rui Lv School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
  • Jie Wang School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
  • Jia Feng School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
  • Jun-Ping Lv School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
  • Qi Liu School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006
  • Shu-Lian Xie School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v24i2.35109

Keywords:

New species, China, Synechococcus salsus, DNA barcodes, Taxonomy.

Abstract

A new species of the genus Synechococcus C. Nägeli was described from extreme environment (high salinity) of the Yuncheng salt lake, North China. Morphological characteristics observed by light microscopy (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were described. DNA barcodes (16S rRNA+ITS-1, cpcBA-IGS) were used to evaluate its taxonomic status. This species was identified as Synechococcus salsus H. Lv et S. Xie. It is characterized by unicellular, without common mucilage, cells with several dispersed or solitary polyhedral bodies, widely coccoid, sometimes curved or sigmoid, rounded at the ends, thylakoids localized along cells walls. Molecular analyses further support its systematic position as an independent branch. The new species Synechococcus salsus is closely allied to S. elongatus, C.
Nägeli, but differs from it by having shorter cell with length 1.0–1.5 times of width.

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 24(2): 137–147.

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Published

2017-12-30

How to Cite

Lv, H.-R., Wang, J., Feng, J., Lv, J.-P., Liu, Q., & Xie, S.-L. (2017). <i>Synechococcus salsus</i> sp. nov. (Cyanobacteria): A new unicellular, coccoid species from Yuncheng Salt Lake, North China. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 24(2), 137–147. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v24i2.35109

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Vol. 24 No. 2 (2017)

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