The first record of genus Neocystis from Kamchatka volcano soils, confirmed by genetic data
Gaysina L.A., Allaguvatova R.Z., Eliáš M.
В журналеIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Год: 2021 Том: 663
Two strains of green algae having kidney-like cells in mucilage envelope without pyrenoids were isolated during the floristic study on algae in volcanic soil samples collected in
the vicinity of Mutnovsky volcano (Kamchatka peninsula, Russia). Based on morphology, the
strains were assigned to the genus Neocystis. 18S rRNA gene sequence comparisons confirmed,
that the new isolates are members of the Neocystis clade. Thus, the genus Neocystis was reported
from Kamchatka for the first time. The newly isolated Neocystis strains have good potential for
use in biotechnology as sours of extracellular polymeric substances.