Phenotypic and genetic diversities are not correlated in strains of the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa isolated in SW Spain. Las diversidades fenotípica y genética de cepas de la cianobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa aisladas en el SW de España no están correlacionadas

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 5-12
Author(s):  
Victoria López-Rodas ◽  
Eduardo Costas ◽  
Antonio Flores-Moya

English.  The cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing is notorious for forming extensive and toxic blooms but the genetic structure of natural populations, and in particular during blooms, remains to be explored. In order to add more knowledge about the genetic structure of M. aeruginosa, we compared phenotypic and genetic variabilities in seventeen strains of M. aeruginosa isolated from three adjacent water bodies in SW Spain (the consecutive reservoirs La Minilla and El Gergal, and small pools in Doñana National Park). For this purpose, a phenetic tree, based on six phenotypic traits (including morphology of cells, photosynthetic and respiratory performance, and toxin production) was compared with a phylogenetic tree built by using the 16S-23S rDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer sequence. Whereas the strains isolated from La Minilla showed a relatively homogeneous phenotype, the phenotypic traits of the remaining strains did not discriminate between the other two water bodies. On the other hand, only a strain isolated in Doñana National Park showed a slightly different ITS sequence, but the sequences from the remaining strains were similar. Possible explanations for this discrepancy between phenotypic and genetic diversities are discussed.Español.  La cianobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing puede dar lugar a extensas floraciones tóxicas pero la estructura genética de las poblaciones naturales, y en particular durante las floraciones, ha sido escasamente estudiada. Con el objeto de profundizar en la estructura genética de M. aeruginosa, se han comparado las variabilidades fenotípica y genética de diecisiete cepas aisladas de tres cuerpos de agua adyacentes en el SW de España (los embalses consecutivos de La Minilla y El Gergal, y charcas en el Parque Nacional de Doñana). Para este fin, un árbol de similitud fenética basado en seis caracteres fenotípicos (que incluyen la morfología de las células, el rendimiento fotosintético y respiratorio y la producción de toxina) se comparó con un árbol filogenético construido mediante el uso de la secuencia de ITS 16S - 23S del ADNr. Las cepas aisladas en La Minilla mostraron un fenotipo relativamente homogéneo pero no se detectó un patrón de fenotipos que discriminase los otros dos cuerpos de agua. Por otro lado, sólo una cepa aislada en el Parque Nacional de Doñana mostró una secuencia ITS diferente, pero las secuencias de las cepas restantes fueron idénticas. Se discuten las posibles explicaciones para esta discrepancia entre la diversidad fenotípica y genética en M. aeruginosa.

Wetlands ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 848-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana I. López-Archilla ◽  
Salvador Mollá ◽  
María C. Coleto ◽  
María C. Guerrero ◽  
Carlos Montes

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pp. 105780
Author(s):  
Francisco Ruiz ◽  
Manuel Pozo ◽  
María Isabel Carretero ◽  
Juan Manuel Muñoz ◽  
María Luz González-Regalado ◽  
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Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Guerra ◽  
Cristina Veiga-Pires ◽  
María Luz González-Regalado ◽  
Manuel Abad ◽  
Antonio Toscano ◽  
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pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio Palomo ◽  
Berta Martín-López ◽  
Pedro Zorrilla-Miras ◽  
David García Del Amo ◽  
Carlos Montes

2005 ◽  
Vol 229 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Ruiz ◽  
Antonio Rodríguez-Ramírez ◽  
Luis M. Cáceres ◽  
Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal ◽  
María Isabel Carretero ◽  
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pp. 6495-6521 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Geertz-Hansen ◽  
C. Montes ◽  
C. M. Duarte ◽  
K. Sand-Jensen ◽  
N. Marbá ◽  
...  

Abstract. The metabolic balance of the open waters supporting submerged macrophytes of the Doñana marsh (SW Spain) was investigated in spring, when community production is highest. The marsh community was net autotrophic with net community production rates averaging 0.61 g C m−2 d−1, and gross production rates exceeding community respiration rates by, on average, 43%. Net community production increased greatly with increasing irradiance, with the threshold irradiance for communities to become net autotrophic being 42 to 255 μE m−2 s−1, below which communities became net heterotrophic. Examination of the contributions of the benthic and the pelagic compartments showed the pelagic compartment to be strongly heterotrophic (average P/R ratio = 0.27), indicating that the metabolism of the pelagic compartment is strongly subsidised by excess organic carbon produced in the strongly autotrophic benthic compartment (average P/R = 1.58).


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Author(s):  
Héctor Rodríguez-Pérez ◽  
Margarita Florencio ◽  
Carola Gómez-Rodríguez ◽  
Andy J. Green ◽  
Carmen Díaz-Paniagua ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 191-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocío Fernández Zamudio ◽  
Santos Cirujano ◽  
Iván Nieto Gil ◽  
M. Dolores Cobo ◽  
Arturo Sousa Martín ◽  
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New floristic records for Doñana National Park (Sw Spain)Palabras clave. Flora, macrófitos acuáticos, Chara, Azolla, especies amenazadas, especies invasoras, Doñana, humedales.Key words. Flora, aquatic macrophytes, Chara, Azolla, threatened species, invasive species, Doñana, wetlands.


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