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Diversity and toxicity of the planktonic diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia from coastal and offshore waters of the Southeast Pacific, including Pseudo-nitzschia dampieri sp. nov.
von Dassow, P.; Mikhno, M.; Percopo, I.; Orellana, V.R.; Aguilera, V.; Álvarez, G.; Araya, M.; Cornejo-Guzmán, S.; Llona, T.; Mardones, J.I.; Norambuena, L.; Salas-Rojas, V.; Kooistra, W.H.C.F.; Montresor, M.; Sarno, D. (2023). Diversity and toxicity of the planktonic diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia from coastal and offshore waters of the Southeast Pacific, including Pseudo-nitzschia dampieri sp. nov. Harmful Algae 130: 102520. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2023.102520
In: Harmful Algae. Elsevier: Tokyo; Oxford; New York; London; Amsterdam; Shannon; Paris. ISSN 1568-9883; e-ISSN 1878-1470, more
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Keywords
    Biogeny > Phylogeny
    Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900 [WoRMS]
    PSW, Chile, Juan Fernadez I., Robinson Crusoe I. [Marine Regions]; PSW, Humboldt Current [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Harmful algal bloom; Robinson Crusoe Island; Domoic acid
Authors  Top 
  • von Dassow, P.
  • Mikhno, M.
  • Percopo, I.
  • Orellana, V.R.
  • Aguilera, V.
  • Álvarez, G.
  • Araya, M.
  • Cornejo-Guzmán, S.
  • Llona, T.
  • Mardones, J.I.
  • Norambuena, L.
  • Salas-Rojas, V.
  • Kooistra, W.H.C.F.
  • Montresor, M., more
  • Sarno, D., more
Abstract
    To expand knowledge of Pseudo-nitzschia species in the Southeast Pacific, we isolated specimens from coastal waters of central Chile (36°S–30°S), the Gulf of Corcovado, and the oceanic Robinson Crusoe Island (700 km offshore) and grew them into monoclonal strains. A total of 123 Pseudo-nitzschia strains were identified to 11 species based on sequencing of the ITS region of the nuclear rDNA and on ultrastructural and morphometric analyses of the frustule in selected representatives of each clade: P. australis, P. bucculenta, P. cf. chiniana, P. cf. decipiens, P. fraudulenta, P. hasleana, P. multistriata, P. plurisecta, P. cf. sabit, the new species P. dampieri sp. nov., and one undescribed species. Partial 18S and 28S rDNA sequences, including the hypervariable V4 and D1–D3 regions used for barcoding, were gathered from representative strains of each species to facilitate future metabarcoding studies. Results showed different levels of genetic, and at times ultrastructural, diversity among the above-mentioned entities, suggesting morphological variants (P. bucculenta), rapidly radiating complexes with ill-defined species boundaries (P. cf. decipiens and P. cf. sabit), and the presence of new species (P. dampieri sp. nov., Pseudo-nitzschia sp. 1, and probably P. cf. chiniana). Domoic acid (DA) was detected in 18 out of 82 strains tested, including those of P. australis, P. plurisecta, and P. multistriata. Toxicity varied among species mostly corresponding to expectations from previous reports, with the prominent exception of P. fraudulenta; DA was not detected in any of its 10 strains tested. In conclusion, a high diversity of Pseudo-nitzschia exists in Chilean waters, particularly offshore.
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