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

Authors

ÖZGÜR BAYTUT
CEM TOLGA GÜRKANLI
EDA DENİZ
İBRAHİM ÖZKOÇ
ARİF GÖNÜLOL

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

DOI

10.3906/bot-1506-34

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