Description of novel species of , and using a polyphasic approach.
Sara Kabirnataj, Ghorban A Nematzadeh, Ahmad F Talebi, Aniket Saraf, Archana Suradkar, Meisam Tabatabaei, Prashant Singh
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Sara Kabirnataj: Genetic and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of Tabarestan (GABIT), Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran.
Ghorban A Nematzadeh: Genetic and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of Tabarestan (GABIT), Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran.
Ahmad F Talebi: Department of Genetics, Faculty of Microbial Biotechnology, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
Aniket Saraf: National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India.
Archana Suradkar: National Centre for Microbial Resource (NCMR), National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India.
Meisam Tabatabaei: Microbial Biotechnology Department, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran.
Prashant Singh: Laboratory of Cyanobacterial Systematics and Stress Biology, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Five cyanobacterial strains with -like morphology from different localities of the Mazandaran province of Iran were characterized using a polyphasic approach. Three strains clustered within the clade whereas one each of the remaining two strains clustered within the genera and . The phylogenetic positioning of all the strains by the bayesian inference, neighbour joining and maximum parsimony methods inferred using 16S rRNA gene indicated them to represent novel species of the genera , and . The 16S-23S ITS secondary structure analysis revealed that all five strains under study represented novel species unknown to science. In accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants we describe three novel species of the genus and one species each of the genera and .
