IDENTIFICATION OF GROUP‐ AND STRAIN‐SPECIFIC GENETIC MARKERS FOR GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED ALEXANDRIUM (DINOPHYCEAE). II. SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF A FRAGMENT OF THE LSU rRNA GENE1
1994/12/01 by Christopher A. Scholin, Michel Herzog, Mitchell Sogin +2 · 881 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Botany #Dinoflagellate #Dinophyceae #Ecology #Gene #Genetics #Internal transcribed spacer #Marine Ecology and Invasive Species #Marine Toxins and Detection Methods #Marine and coastal ecosystems #Phylogenetic tree #Population #Ribosomal DNA #Ribosomal RNA #Species complex
paper · doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1994.00999.x
published in Journal of Phycology 30(6), 999-1011 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 1994/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Abstract
ABSTRACT A fragment of the large‐subunit (LSU) ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) from the marine dinoflagellates Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech, A. catenella (Whedon et Kofoid) Balech, A. fundyense Balech, A. affine (Fukuyo et Inoue) Balech, A. minutum Halim, A. lusitanicum Balech, and A. andersoni Balech was cloned and sequenced to assess inter‐ and intraspecific relationships. Cultures examined were from North America, western Europe, Thailand, Japan, Australia, and the ballast water of several cargo vessels and included both toxic and nontoxic isolates. Parsimony analyses revealed eight major classes of sequences, or “ribotypes,” indicative of both species‐ and strain‐specific genetic markers. Five ribotypes subdivided members of the A. tamarense/catenella/ fundyense species cluster (the “tamarensis complex”) but did not correlate with morphospecies designations. The three remaining ribotypes were associated with cultures that clearly differ morphologically from the tamarensis complex. These distinct sequences were typified by 1) A. affine, 2) A. minutum and A. lusitanicum, and 3) A. andersoni. LSU rDNA from A. minutum and A. lusitanicum was indistinguishable. An isolate's ability to produce toxin, or lack thereof, was consistent within phylogenetic terminal taxa. Results of this study are in complete agreement with conclusions from previous work using restriction fragment‐length polymorphism analysis of small subunit rRNA genes, but the LSU rDNA sequences provided finer‐scale species and population resolution. The five divergent lineages of the tamarensis complex appeared indicative of regional populations; representatives collected from the same geographic region were the most similar, regardless ofmorphotype, whereas those from geographically separated populations were more divergent even when the same morphospecies were compared. Contrary to this general pattern, A. tamarense and A. catenella from Japan were exceptionally heterogeneous, displaying sequences associated with Australian, North American, and western European isolates. This diversity may stem from introductions of A., tamarense to Japan from genetically divergent sources in North America and western Europe. Alexandrium catenella from Japan and Australia appeared identical, suggesting that these two regional populations share a recent, common ancestry. One explanation for this genetic continuity was suggested by A. catenella cysts transported from Japan to Australia via ships' ballast water: the cysts contained LSU rDNA sequences that were indistinguishable from those of known populations of A. catenella in both Japan and Australia. Ships ballasted in South Korea and Japan have also fostered a dispersal of viable A. tamarense cysts to Australia, but their LSU rDNA sequences indicated they are genetically distinct from A. tamarense/catenella previously found in Australia and genetically distinct from each other, as well. Human‐assisted dispersal is a plausible mechanism for inoculating a region with diverse representatives of the tamarensis complex from geographically and genetically distinct source populations. The D1‐D2 region of Alexandrium LSU rDNA is a valuable taxo‐nomic and biogeographic marker and a useful genetic reference for addressing dispersal hypotheses.
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