Two New Species of Salamanders, Genus Bolitoglossa (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from the Eastern Colombian Andes

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3609 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALDEMAR A. ACEVEDO ◽  
DAVID B. WAKE ◽  
ROBERTO MÁRQUEZ ◽  
KAREN SILVA ◽  
ROSMERY FRANCO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Habitat Fragmentation ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Face Threats ◽  
Rrna Sequences ◽  
Andes Cordillera ◽  
16S Rrna Sequences

The salamander fauna of Colombia is very poorly known, probably because most research efforts have been devoted to anurans during the last two decades. Here, we describe two new species of the genus Bolitoglossa (Eladinea) from the eastern flank of the Eastern Colombian Andes (Cordillera Oriental), near the border with Venezuela. Bolitoglossa tamaense sp. nov. is distributed between 2000 to 2700 m.a.s.l. and Bolitoglossa leandrae sp. nov. is distributed in the low-lands at about 600 m. The new species are diagnosed by a combination of molecular (16S rRNA sequences), coloration, body size, and morphometric (number of maxillary and vomerine teeth and differences in foot webbing) characters. Both species face threats such as chytridiomycosis infections and habitat fragmentation that have already affected other sala-manders in the country. Thus, intensive field and museum work is needed to better document and perhaps protect the local salamander diversity.

scholarly journals Molecular identification of genus Pipistrellus (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Fata region, Pakistan

2023 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Idnan ◽  
A. Javid ◽  
M. Tayyab ◽  
A. Hussain ◽  
S. Mansoor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Molecular Identification ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
16S Rrna Gene Sequences ◽  
Morphometric Measurements ◽  
Tree Analysis ◽  
Rrna Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Sequences

Abstract A total of 10 specimens were captured from selected sites of Bajaur Agency FATA, Pakistan using mist nets. The captured specimens were morphologically identified and various morphometric measurements were taken. The head and Body length (HB) of Pipistrellus coromondra and Pipistrellus kuhlii lepidus (n=10) was 43±0.11 mm and 45±1.1 respectively. Morphologically identified Pipistrellus kuhlii confirmed as Pipistrellus kuhlii lepidus based on 16S rRNA sequences. The DNA sequences were submitted to GenBank and accession numbers were obtained (MN 719478 and MT430902). The available 16S rRNA gene sequences of Pipistrellus coromondra and Pipistrellus kuhlii lepidus were retrieved from NCBI and incorporated in N-J tree analysis. Overall, the interspecific genetic variations among Pipistrellus coromondra and Pipistrellus kuhlii lepidus were 8% and 1% respectively. In our recommendation, a comprehensive molecular identification of bats is need of hour to report more cryptic and new species from Pakistan.

Two new species of Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Vietnam

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3098 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JODI J. L. ROWLEY ◽  
DUONG THI THUY LE ◽  
HUY DUC HOANG ◽  
VINH QUANG DAU ◽  
TRUNG TIEN CAO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Small Body ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Dorsal Pattern ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Rrna Sequences

Two new species of rhacophorid frogs in the genus Theloderma are described from high-elevation montane forest on the Kon Tum and Langbian Plateaus in Vietnam, on the basis of morphological and molecular evidence. Both new species are differentiated morphologically from their congeners by their small body size (Theloderma, and are distinct from all congeners sampled (uncorrected sequence divergences at the 16S rRNA gene of >8.5% for all Theloderma for which homologous 16S rRNA sequences are available). The new species are differentiated from each other by dorsal pattern, extent of dorsal asperities, and by mitochondrial DNA.

Lyngbya regalis sp. nov. (Oscillatoriales, Cyanophyceae), a new tropical marine cyanobacterium

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 367 (2) ◽  
pp. 120 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMILY CURREN ◽  
SANDRIC CHEE YEW LEONG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Cross Wall ◽  
Marine Cyanobacterium ◽  
Heterocystous Cyanobacterium ◽  
Ecological Characteristics ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Rrna Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Sequences

A new species of tropical marine cyanobacterium was isolated from the coast of Singapore. Lyngbya regalis is a filamentous, non-heterocystous cyanobacterium that forms a brown-green macroscopic thallus of filaments that are straight to wavy. Filaments are enclosed in a transparent, lamellated sheath with distinct cross-wall constrictions observed and apical cells that are widely rounded. The combined phenotypic, phylogenetic (16S rRNA sequences) and ecological characteristics observed indicate that Lyngbya regalis is a novel species within the genus Lyngbya C. Agardh ex Gomont.

Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Staurois (Anura, Ranidae) based on 16S rRNA sequences

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2744 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
UMILAELA ARIFIN ◽  
DJOKO T. ISKANDAR ◽  
DAVID P. BICKFORD ◽  
RAFE M. BROWN ◽  
RUDOLF MEIER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
New Species ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Bayesian Methods ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Maximum Parsimony ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Rrna Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Sequences

We estimate the phylogenetic relationships among all six recognized species of the genus Staurois based on 16S rRNA sequences (~522 bp) for 92 specimens from Borneo and the Philippines. Our preferred phylogenetic tree inferred from Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian methods reveal six major clades within the genus leading to recognition of S. natator, S. nubilus, S. guttatus, S. tuberilinguis, S. parvus, and S. latopalmatus. For species where multiple populations were assessed, we found high genetic variation that may eventually support the recognition of new species.

scholarly journals Correction to: Bacterial community assemblages in classroom floor dust of 50 public schools in a large city: characterization using 16S rRNA sequences and associations with environmental factors

Microbiome ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ju-Hyeong Park ◽  
Angela R. Lemons ◽  
Jerry Roseman ◽  
Brett J. Green ◽  
Jean M. Cox-Ganser
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
16S Rrna ◽  
Large City ◽  
Floor Dust ◽  
Community Assemblages ◽  
Rrna Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Sequences

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

scholarly journals 16S rRNA sequences reveal uncultured inhabitants of a well-studied thermal community

1990 ◽  
Vol 75 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 105-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Ward ◽  
Roland Weller ◽  
Mary M. Bateson
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Rrna Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Sequences

scholarly journals Divergence and Redundancy of 16S rRNA Sequences in Genomes with Multiple rrn Operons

2004 ◽  
Vol 186 (9) ◽  
pp. 2629-2635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia G. Acinas ◽  
Luisa A. Marcelino ◽  
Vanja Klepac-Ceraj ◽  
Martin F. Polz
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
16S Rrna Genes ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
Bacterial Genomes ◽  
16S Rrna Sequence ◽  
Thermoanaerobacter Tengcongensis ◽  
Copy Numbers ◽  
Rrna Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Sequences

ABSTRACT The level of sequence heterogeneity among rrn operons within genomes determines the accuracy of diversity estimation by 16S rRNA-based methods. Furthermore, the occurrence of widespread horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between distantly related rrn operons casts doubt on reconstructions of phylogenetic relationships. For this study, patterns of distribution of rrn copy numbers, interoperonic divergence, and redundancy of 16S rRNA sequences were evaluated. Bacterial genomes display up to 15 operons and operon numbers up to 7 are commonly found, but ∼40% of the organisms analyzed have either one or two operons. Among the Archaea, a single operon appears to dominate and the highest number of operons is five. About 40% of sequences among 380 operons in 76 bacterial genomes with multiple operons were identical to at least one other 16S rRNA sequence in the same genome, and in 38% of the genomes all 16S rRNAs were invariant. For Archaea, the number of identical operons was only 25%, but only five genomes with 21 operons are currently available. These considerations suggest an upper bound of roughly threefold overestimation of bacterial diversity resulting from cloning and sequencing of 16S rRNA genes from the environment; however, the inclusion of genomes with a single rrn operon may lower this correction factor to ∼2.5. Divergence among operons appears to be small overall for both Bacteria and Archaea, with the vast majority of 16S rRNA sequences showing <1% nucleotide differences. Only five genomes with operons with a higher level of nucleotide divergence were detected, and Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis exhibited the highest level of divergence (11.6%) noted to date. Overall, four of the five extreme cases of operon differences occurred among thermophilic bacteria, suggesting a much higher incidence of HGT in these bacteria than in other groups.

scholarly journals Occurrence of diazotrophic bacteria in Araucaria angustifolia

2007 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaela de Fátima Neroni ◽  
Elke Jurandy Bran Nogueira Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Acetylene Reduction ◽  
Araucaria Angustifolia ◽  
Diazotrophic Bacteria ◽  
Araucaria Forest ◽  
Solid Media ◽  
Reduction Assay ◽  
Semi Solid ◽  
Rrna Sequences ◽  
16S Rrna Sequences

Araucaria angustifolia is an environmentally threatened tree and the whole biota of the Araucaria Forest should be investigated with the aim of its preservation. Diazotrophic bacteria are extremely important for the maintenance of ecosystems, but they have never been studied in Araucaria Forests. In this study, diazotrophic bacteria were isolated from Araucaria roots and soil, when grown in semi-specific, semi-solid media. The diazotrophic character of some recovered isolates could be confirmed using the acetylene reduction assay. According to their 16S rRNA sequences, most of these isolates belong to the genus Burkholderia.

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