2002/11/01 by John H. Gunderson, Shinu John, W. CHANSON BOMAN +1 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Protist diversity and phylogeny #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Biology #Dinoflagellate #Chesapeake bay #Phylogenetic tree #Clade #Gymnodinium #Alexandrium tamarense #Strain (injury) #Zoology #Botany #Ecology #Algal bloom #Genetics #Estuary #Anatomy #Phytoplankton #Gene
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2002.tb00230.x
openalex publication_date 2002/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Small subunit rRNA sequences were amplified from Amoebophrya strains infecting Karlodinium micrum, Gymnodinium instriatum and an unidentified Scrippsiella species in Chesapeake Bay. The alignable parts of the sequences differed from each other and from the previously reported rRNA sequence of the Amoebophrya strain infecting Akashiwo sanguinea in Chesapeake Bay by 4 to 10%. This is a greater degree of difference than sometimes found between sequences from separate genera of free-living dinoflagellates. These sequence differences indicate that the Amoebophrya strains parasitizing dinoflagellates in Chesapeake Bay do not all belong to the same species. In spite of their relative dissimilarity, the sequences do group together into a single clade with high bootstrap support in phylogenetic trees constructed from the sequences.