TY - JOUR

T1 - Molecular Phylogeny of Paraphelidium letcheri sp. nov. (Aphelida, Opisthosporidia)

AU - Karpov, Sergey A.

AU - Torruella, Guifré

AU - Moreira, David

AU - Mamkaeva, Maria A.

AU - López-García, Purificación

PY - 2017/9/1

Y1 - 2017/9/1

N2 - Aphelids remain poorly known parasitoids of algae and have recently raised considerable interest due to their phylogenetic position at the base of Holomycota. Together with Cryptomycota (Rozellosporidia) and Microsporidia, they have been recently re-classified as the Opisthosporidia, which constitutes the sister group to the fungi within the Holomycota. Molecular environmental studies have revealed a huge diversity of aphelids, but only four genera have been described: Aphelidium, Amoeboaphelidium, Paraphelidium, and Pseudaphelidium. Here, we describe the life cycle of a new representative of Aphelida, Paraphelidium letcheri sp. nov., and provide the 18S rRNA gene sequence for this species. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that P. letcheri is sister to Paraphelidium tribonemae and together they form a monophyletic cluster which is distantly related to both, Aphelidium, with flagellated zoospores, and Amoebaphelidium, with amoeboid zoospores.

AB - Aphelids remain poorly known parasitoids of algae and have recently raised considerable interest due to their phylogenetic position at the base of Holomycota. Together with Cryptomycota (Rozellosporidia) and Microsporidia, they have been recently re-classified as the Opisthosporidia, which constitutes the sister group to the fungi within the Holomycota. Molecular environmental studies have revealed a huge diversity of aphelids, but only four genera have been described: Aphelidium, Amoeboaphelidium, Paraphelidium, and Pseudaphelidium. Here, we describe the life cycle of a new representative of Aphelida, Paraphelidium letcheri sp. nov., and provide the 18S rRNA gene sequence for this species. Molecular phylogenetic analysis indicates that P. letcheri is sister to Paraphelidium tribonemae and together they form a monophyletic cluster which is distantly related to both, Aphelidium, with flagellated zoospores, and Amoebaphelidium, with amoeboid zoospores.

KW - Aphelids

KW - Holomycota

KW - Rozellosporidia

KW - systematics

KW - taxonomy

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85010868190&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/jeu.12389

DO - 10.1111/jeu.12389

M3 - Article

C2 - 27987526

AN - SCOPUS:85010868190

VL - 64

SP - 573

EP - 578

JO - Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

JF - Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

SN - 1066-5234

IS - 5

ER -