First molecular records of potentially harmful planktonic dinoflagellatesfrom the southern Black Sea

Authors

ÖZGÜR BAYTUT
CEM TOLGA GÜRKANLI
EDA DENİZ
İBRAHİM ÖZKOÇ
ARİF GÖNÜLOL

DOI

10.3906/bot-1506-34

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify dinoflagellate species from the Black Sea (Samsun coast) using conventional and molecular phylogenetic methods. Water samples were collected using a plankton net with 22 µm pores. Dinoflagellate cells were documented under a light microscope and were then isolated for the single-cell PCR procedure. Phylogenetic inference showed that the isolates collected from the study area were affiliated with various harmful taxa: Dinophysis acuta Ehrenberg and Phalacroma rotundatum (Claparéde & Lachmann) Kofoid & Michener from dinophysioids, and Prorocentrum compressum (Bailey) Abé ex Dodge, P. cordatum (Ostenfeld) Dodge, and P. micans Ehrenberg from prorocentroids. In the phylogenetic tree we also observed that 2 of our gymnodiniod isolates were in a deep branch, indicating a cryptic genus of the family Kareniaceae. One of our isolates was related to the genus

Keywords

Black Sea, harmful dinoflagellates, phylogenetics, phylogeography, single-cell PCR

First Page

546

Last Page

556

Recommended Citation

BAYTUT, ÖZGÜR; GÜRKANLI, CEM TOLGA; DENİZ, EDA; ÖZKOÇ, İBRAHİM; and GÖNÜLOL, ARİF (2016) "First molecular records of potentially harmful planktonic dinoflagellatesfrom the southern Black Sea," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 40: No. 5, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1506-34
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol40/iss5/10