<documentid="D6652DD89EB7E2E695FFD60EB7043478"ID-DOI="10.11646/phytotaxa.365.1.1"ID-ISSN="1179-3163"ID-Zenodo-Dep="13704923"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.illustrations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="GgImagineBatch"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe"IM.treatments_approvedBy="felipe"checkinTime="1725584015738"checkinUser="felipe"docAuthor="Mai, Truc, Johansen, Jeffrey R., Pietrasiak, Nicole, Bohunická, Markéta & Martin, Michael P."docDate="2018"docId="03BFDE646C47FFAF009AFBC6FE80FD6F"docLanguage="en"docName="phytotaxa.365.1.1.pdf"docOrigin="Phytotaxa 365 (1)"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.365.1.1"docStyle="DocumentStyle:96748F8F1B6C902996E134952A3A36B9.13:Phytotaxa.2014-.journal_article"docStyleId="96748F8F1B6C902996E134952A3A36B9"docStyleName="Phytotaxa.2014-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="13"docTitle="Tildeniella nuda Mai, Johansen et Bohunicka 2018, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="2"lastPageNumber="44"masterDocId="FF86A61C6C6EFF840012FFAAFF98FF96"masterDocTitle="Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species"masterLastPageNumber="59"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="42"updateTime="1725596029488"updateUser="ExternalLinkService"zenodo-license-figures="UNSPECIFIED"zenodo-license-treatments="UNSPECIFIED">
<mods:titleid="6FC648E3C7E0C52F49B1AE9AF5611A8B">Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="448D9355862CBA8AC4D0C9B9B857E86F">Department of Biology, John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights, Ohio 44118, USA & Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Skeen Hall Room N 127, P. O Box 30003 MSC 3 Q, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="E442C28257AC168C3DC484DDD7BD4273">Department of Biology, John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights, Ohio 44118, USA & Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, 31 Branišovská, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="88E9D1ABAD31C8B1579617BDA2977B7D">Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Skeen Hall Room N 127, P. O Box 30003 MSC 3 Q, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA.</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="3CFFC0558B8397ABD94EDB3EE45135C5">Martin, Michael P.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="EA1E12A3D1615AAAF18C49473524704A">Department of Biology, John Carroll University, 1 John Carroll Blvd., University Heights, Ohio 44118, USA</mods:affiliation>
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in the occasional presence of swollen cells and much narrower trichome width. Molecularly distinguished by from
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<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD0539FB1EFA3EFB5B"box="[1323,1446,1204,1229]"captionStart="FIGURE 6"captionStartId="15.[136,229,1976,1997]"captionTargetBox="[157,1425,273,1857]"captionTargetId="figure-14@15.[151,1436,267,1882]"captionTargetPageId="15"captionText="FIGURE 6. D1-D1’ stems of species described in Oculatellaceae.The stem structures of genera described previously in other publications (Oculatella, Thermoleptolyngbya, Timaviella) or in publications under provision (Trichotorquatus) are not shown here."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704935"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704935/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Figs. 6n‒o</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD009AFB72FF52FB67"box="[136,202,1240,1265]"captionStart="FIGURE 7"captionStartId="17.[136,229,1928,1949]"captionTargetBox="[314,1274,759,1806]"captionTargetId="figure-238@17.[311,1276,751,1831]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 7. Box B helices of species described in Oculatellaceae. The structures of genera described previously in other publications (Oculatella, Thermoleptolyngbya, Timaviella) or in publications under provision (Trichotorquatus) are not shown here."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704937"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704937/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">
Colony fasciculated, not penetrating the agar, forming a compact mat, with small evenly distributed, rounded clumps of trichomes, bright blue-green. Filaments relatively short (
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD03C5FA8AFBAEFAAF"box="[983,1078,1312,1337]"captionStart="FIGURE 21"captionStartId="42.[136,229,1880,1901]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetId="figure-16@42.[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetPageId="42"captionText="FIGURE 21. Tildeniella nuda. A. Filaments short, Pseudanabaena-like, trichomes not or only slight constricted, connected by somewhat translucent cell wall; B–H. Cells sometimes distinctively elongated, bent or involuted (arrows). Scale bar 10μm in 1000X magnification."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704977"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704977/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 21a</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD014FFAC2FE7BFA17"box="[349,483,1384,1409]"captionStart="FIGURE 21"captionStartId="42.[136,229,1880,1901]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetId="figure-16@42.[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetPageId="42"captionText="FIGURE 21. Tildeniella nuda. A. Filaments short, Pseudanabaena-like, trichomes not or only slight constricted, connected by somewhat translucent cell wall; B–H. Cells sometimes distinctively elongated, bent or involuted (arrows). Scale bar 10μm in 1000X magnification."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704977"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704977/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Figs. 21c–e</figureCitation>
), cell division occurring throughout the trichome, 1.0–1.2 μm wide. Hormogonia and necridia absent. Cells always longer than wide, sometimes elongated (
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD0384FA26FB8AFA33"box="[918,1042,1420,1445]"captionStart="FIGURE 21"captionStartId="42.[136,229,1880,1901]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetId="figure-16@42.[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetPageId="42"captionText="FIGURE 21. Tildeniella nuda. A. Filaments short, Pseudanabaena-like, trichomes not or only slight constricted, connected by somewhat translucent cell wall; B–H. Cells sometimes distinctively elongated, bent or involuted (arrows). Scale bar 10μm in 1000X magnification."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704977"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704977/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 21b–c</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD012AFA1AFE74FA5F"box="[312,492,1456,1481]"captionStart="FIGURE 21"captionStartId="42.[136,229,1880,1901]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetId="figure-16@42.[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetPageId="42"captionText="FIGURE 21. Tildeniella nuda. A. Filaments short, Pseudanabaena-like, trichomes not or only slight constricted, connected by somewhat translucent cell wall; B–H. Cells sometimes distinctively elongated, bent or involuted (arrows). Scale bar 10μm in 1000X magnification."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704977"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704977/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 21d–e, g–h</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD0314FA7EFCE1FA7B"box="[774,889,1492,1517]"captionStart="FIGURE 21"captionStartId="42.[136,229,1880,1901]"captionTargetBox="[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetId="figure-16@42.[151,1435,187,1852]"captionTargetPageId="42"captionText="FIGURE 21. Tildeniella nuda. A. Filaments short, Pseudanabaena-like, trichomes not or only slight constricted, connected by somewhat translucent cell wall; B–H. Cells sometimes distinctively elongated, bent or involuted (arrows). Scale bar 10μm in 1000X magnification."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704977"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704977/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 21a, f</figureCitation>
D1-D1’ helix 65 nucleotides long, basal 3’ unilateral bulge of 7 nucleotides long, with sequence 5’-CAUCCCA- 3’, with mid-helix with two mismatches of C/U and G/A at positions 9/50 and 22/39, one internal loop at position 25/35
36 immediately separated from the terminal loop by a 5’-GC:GC-3’ clamp, and two unpaired nucleotides at position 16–17 of the 5’ strand, with terminal loop sequence 5’-AUUUU-3’ (
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD03CBF9CEFBB4F9EB"box="[985,1068,1636,1661]"captionStart="FIGURE 6"captionStartId="15.[136,229,1976,1997]"captionTargetBox="[157,1425,273,1857]"captionTargetId="figure-14@15.[151,1436,267,1882]"captionTargetPageId="15"captionText="FIGURE 6. D1-D1’ stems of species described in Oculatellaceae.The stem structures of genera described previously in other publications (Oculatella, Thermoleptolyngbya, Timaviella) or in publications under provision (Trichotorquatus) are not shown here."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704935"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704935/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 6o</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD055BF922FA06F937"box="[1353,1438,1672,1697]"captionStart="FIGURE 7"captionStartId="17.[136,229,1928,1949]"captionTargetBox="[314,1274,759,1806]"captionTargetId="figure-238@17.[311,1276,751,1831]"captionTargetPageId="17"captionText="FIGURE 7. Box B helices of species described in Oculatellaceae. The structures of genera described previously in other publications (Oculatella, Thermoleptolyngbya, Timaviella) or in publications under provision (Trichotorquatus) are not shown here."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704937"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704937/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 7n</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="132D73F76C47FFAD0139F97AFEE0F97F"box="[299,376,1744,1769]"captionStart="FIGURE 8"captionStartId="18.[136,229,1187,1208]"captionTargetBox="[152,1434,425,1107]"captionTargetId="figure-143@18.[151,1436,422,1162]"captionTargetPageId="18"captionText="FIGURE 8. V2 helices of species described in Oculatellaceae. Several species do not have this structure, including Pegethrix convoluta, P. indistincta, Antartic Pegethrix species, Cartusia fontana¸ Kaiparowitsia implicata."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13704941"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/13704941/files/figure.png"pageId="41"pageNumber="42">Fig. 8j</figureCitation>
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This species is character poor, lacking features useful for recognition such as necridia, hormogonia, coiling or nodule formation, or false branching. Given its lack of features, it could fit a number of species belonging within
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. The cell morphology (length to width ratio, dimensions) is similar to most
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, but this taxon has a complicated taxonomic history. It was first described as
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2015). The taxon was validated post-starting point as
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was used as the basionym for
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. Our taxon is a close fit to the protologue in Kützing (0.7 μm wide, blue-green color only, terrestrial), but the description in
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has been broadened considerably based on the many subsequent records by multiple authors and is consequently not as apparent a fit. We hesitate to use this taxon with complicated, long history, broadly circumscribed morphology, and absence of sequence data or clear
material as the basis for the species name for Zehnder’s strain shown here to belong to
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-like, trichomes not or only slight constricted, connected by somewhat translucent cell wall; B–H. Cells sometimes distinctively elongated, bent or involuted (arrows). Scale bar 10μm in 1000X magnification.
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by its thin trichomes and high variation in cell length within trichomes. Molecularly, the species is closely related to
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), and we were not able to compare the percent similiarty in the ITS structure due to sequence truncation of the
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