Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.

The biodiversity and taxonomy of colonial volvocine green algae are important in ancient lakes in tropical regions. However, few taxonomic studies of these algae have been conducted in African ancient lakes. Here, we describe two species of colonial volvocine green algae in cultures originating from...

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Main Authors:	Hisayoshi Nozaki, Ryo Matsuzaki, Benedicto Boniphace Kashindye, Charles Nyarongo Ezekiel, Sophia Shaban, Masanobu Kawachi, Mitsuto Aibara, Masato Nikaido
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Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224269

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spelling	doaj-01eaadfcd03040f0a2bae6fd13c6f6262021-03-03T21:13:00ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-011411e022426910.1371/journal.pone.0224269Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.Hisayoshi NozakiRyo MatsuzakiBenedicto Boniphace KashindyeCharles Nyarongo EzekielSophia ShabanMasanobu KawachiMitsuto AibaraMasato NikaidoThe biodiversity and taxonomy of colonial volvocine green algae are important in ancient lakes in tropical regions. However, few taxonomic studies of these algae have been conducted in African ancient lakes. Here, we describe two species of colonial volvocine green algae in cultures originating from water samples from Lake Victoria, an ancient lake in Africa. One was identified as an undescribed morphological species of Eudorina; E. compacta sp. nov. This new species can be distinguished from other Eudorina species by its compactly arranged vegetative cells that form a hollow ellipsoidal colony. The other was identified as Colemanosphaera charkowiensis. The genus Colemanosphaera is new to Africa.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224269
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author	Hisayoshi Nozaki Ryo Matsuzaki Benedicto Boniphace Kashindye Charles Nyarongo Ezekiel Sophia Shaban Masanobu Kawachi Mitsuto Aibara Masato Nikaido
spellingShingle	Hisayoshi Nozaki Ryo Matsuzaki Benedicto Boniphace Kashindye Charles Nyarongo Ezekiel Sophia Shaban Masanobu Kawachi Mitsuto Aibara Masato Nikaido Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania. PLoS ONE
author_facet	Hisayoshi Nozaki Ryo Matsuzaki Benedicto Boniphace Kashindye Charles Nyarongo Ezekiel Sophia Shaban Masanobu Kawachi Mitsuto Aibara Masato Nikaido
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title	Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
title_short	Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
title_full	Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
title_fullStr	Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
title_full_unstemmed	Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
title_sort	morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from lake victoria, tanzania.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
series	PLoS ONE
issn	1932-6203
publishDate	2019-01-01
description	The biodiversity and taxonomy of colonial volvocine green algae are important in ancient lakes in tropical regions. However, few taxonomic studies of these algae have been conducted in African ancient lakes. Here, we describe two species of colonial volvocine green algae in cultures originating from water samples from Lake Victoria, an ancient lake in Africa. One was identified as an undescribed morphological species of Eudorina; E. compacta sp. nov. This new species can be distinguished from other Eudorina species by its compactly arranged vegetative cells that form a hollow ellipsoidal colony. The other was identified as Colemanosphaera charkowiensis. The genus Colemanosphaera is new to Africa.
url	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224269
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Morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of two species of colonial volvocine green algae from Lake Victoria, Tanzania.

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