Identification and phylogenetic studies of Phormidioideae (Oscillatoriales, cyanobacteria)

• Grant number: 13/08207-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): August 26, 2013
• Effective date (End): October 25, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Plant Taxonomy
• Principal Investigator: Luis Henrique Zanini Branco
• Grantee: Mariéllen Dornelles Martins
• Supervisor: Jiří Komárek
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil
• Research place: Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Czech Republic
• Associated to the scholarship: 10/09686-4 - Polyphasic studies on Phormidioideae (Oscillatoriales, cyanobacteria) populations, BP.DR

Abstract

Phormidioideae, one of the most representative subfamilies of Cyanobacteria, comprising 10 genera, is considered one of the most abundant, frequent and diversified groups, occuring in a wide variety of habitats. Although tropical and subtropical regions exhibit great diversity of these organisms, the flora of Phormidioideae remains poorly known, including Brazilian ecosystems. The simple morphology of this group and its morphological plasticity become confusing the distinction of species and genera. Considering the importance and the representativeness of genera of Phormidioideae, this study aims to evaluate morphological and molecular characteristics of populations of Phormidioideae. The samples were collected in different regions of Brazil and are maintained in artificial culture in Biology, Ecology and Taxonomy of Algae Laboratory at Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas Institute of the São Paulo State University. This study intend to identify the populations and confirm those already identified. The proposal will contribute to a better understanding of the diversity of the subfamily. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MARTINS, MARIELLEN DORNELLES; MACHADO-DE-LIMA, NATHALI MARIA; ZANINI BRANCO, LUIS HENRIQUE. Polyphasic approach using multilocus analyses supports the establishment of the new aerophytic cyanobacterial genus Pycnacronema (Coleofasciculaceae, Oscillatoriales). JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, v. 55, n. 1, p. 146-159, FEB 2019. (10/09686-4, 12/19468-0, 13/08207-3)

BUCH, BRUNA; MARTINS, MARIELLEN DORNELLES; BRANCO, LUIS HENRIQUE Z.. A widespread cyanobacterium supported by polyphasic approach: proposition of Koinonema pervagatum gen. & sp nov (Oscillatoriales). JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, v. 53, n. 5, p. 1097-1105, OCT 2017. (10/09686-4, 12/19468-0, 14/08200-1, 13/08207-3)

MARTINS, MARIELLEN DORNELLES; RIGONATO, JANAINA; TABOGA, SEBASTIAO ROBERTO; ZANINI BRANCO, LUIS HENRIQUE. Proposal of Ancylothrix gen. nov., a new genus of Phormidiaceae (Cyanobacteria, Oscillatoriales) based on a polyphasic approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, v. 66, n. 6, p. 2396-2405, JUN 2016. (10/09686-4, 13/08207-3)

MACHADO-DE-LIMA, NATHALI MARIA; MARTINS, MARIELLEN DORNELLES; BRANCO, LUIS H. Z.. Description of a tropical new species of Wilmottia (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria) and considerations about the monophyly of W-murrayi. PHYTOTAXA, v. 307, n. 1, p. 43-54, MAY 19 2017. (13/00829-5, 10/09686-4, 13/08207-3)

MARTINS, MARIELLEN DORNELLES; ZANINI BRANCO, LUIS HENRIQUE. Potamolinea gen. nov (Oscillatoriales, Cyanobacteria): a phylogenetically and ecologically coherent cyanobacterial genus. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, v. 66, n. 9, p. 3632-3641, SEP 2016. (13/08207-3, 12/19468-0, 10/09686-4)