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Molecular diversity of symbiotic algae of the genus Symbiodinium (Zooxanthellae) in cnidarians of the Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2006

S. Visram ,
J. Wiedenmann  and
A.E. Douglas
S. Visram
Affiliation:
Department of Biology (Area 2), University of York, PO Box 373, York, YO10 5YW, UK CORDIO East Africa, PO Box 10135, Mombasa 80101, Kenya
J. Wiedenmann
Affiliation:
Department of General Zoology and Endocrinology, University of Ulm, Albert Einstein Allee 11, 89069 Ulm, Germany
A.E. Douglas
Affiliation:
Department of Biology (Area 2), University of York, PO Box 373, York, YO10 5YW, UK
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Abstract

The molecular diversity of dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium in symbiosis with ten species of scleractinian coral, sea anemone and scyphomedusa in the Mediterreanean Sea was investigated by restriction analysis and sequencing of polymerase chain reaction-amplified fragments of SSU and LSU rRNA genes. All species bore Symbiodinium of clade A, apart from Bunodeopsis strumosa, which had clade B. The clade A sequences clustered with a previously described group, ‘temperate-A’, known only from the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of the UK and France. It is concluded that clade temperate-A is prevalent, but not universal, in the Mediterranean.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 86 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 1281 - 1283
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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