Molecular authentication of Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) species along the eastern (Israeli) Mediterranean shores

Shimrit Ukabi; Eli Shemesh; Zvy Dubinsky; Gitit Hershkovits; Alvaro Israel

doi:10.1515/bot-2013-0093

Molecular authentication of Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) species along the eastern (Israeli) Mediterranean shores

Shimrit Ukabi, Eli Shemesh, Zvy Dubinsky, Gitit Hershkovits, Alvaro Israel

The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences

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Phylogenetic analyses based on ITS1, ITS2 and tufA gene sequences confirmed the earlier described presence of three Caulerpa species, namely C. prolifera, C. mexicana and C. scalpelliformis, along the Israeli Mediterranean shores. These analyses also demonstrated that C. mexicana is indeed widespread in this area, and ruled out the presence of the morphologically almost similar and invasive C. taxifolia. In the past, this species has apparently been misidentified by local phycologists. A consistent genotypic variability present in the Israeli C. mexicana sequences creates a well-supported separate clade when compared to their Mediterranean Sea counterparts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	67-71
Number of pages	5
Journal	Botanica Marina
Volume	57
Issue number	1
Early online date	31 Jan 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2013-0093
State	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

Caulerpa mexicana
Caulerpa taxifolia
ITS1 and ITS2
Mediterranean Sea
TufA gene

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