srDNA-Based taxonomic affinities of algal symbionts from a planktonic foraminifer and a solitary radiolarian

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 172-177

  Gast, Rebecca J ^a   McDonnell, Tracey A ^b   Caron, David A ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular phylogeny; Planktonic sarcodines; srDNA; Symbiotic algae

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROALGA; PROTOZOA; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMY;

CONVOLUTAE ROSCOFFENSIS; GLOBIGERINELLA AEQUILATERALIS; GLOBIGERINELLA SIPHONIFERA; PHAEOCYSTIS; PYRMENESIUM; SPONGODRYMUS; TETRASELMIS CONVOLUTAE;

EID: 0033855913     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99133.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Amaral-Zeitler, L., Sogin, M. L. & Caron, D. A. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships between the Acantharea and the Polycystinea: a molecular perspective on Haeckel's radiolaria. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94:11411-6.
2. Anderson, O. R. 1983. Radiolaria. Springer-Verlag, New York.
3. Anderson, O. R., Swanberg, N. R. & Bennett, P. 1983. Fine structure of yellow-brown symbionts (Prymnesiida) in solitary radiolaria and their comparison with similar acantharian symbionts. J. Protozool. 30:718-22.
4. Bilofsky, H. S. & Burks, C. 1988. The GenBank genetic sequence data bank. Nucleic Acids Res. 16:1861-64.
5. Caron, D. A. & Swanberg, N. R. 1990. The ecology of planktonic sarcodines. Rev. Aq. Sci. 3:147-80.
6. Darling, K. F., Wade, C. M., Kroon, D. & Brown, A. J. L. 1997. Planktic foraminiferal molecular evolution and their polyphyletic origins from benthic taxa. Mar. Micropaleontol. 30:251-66.
7. Faber, W. W., Jr., Anderson, O. R., Lindsey, J. L. & Caron, D. A. 1988. Algal-foraminiferal symbiosis in the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinella aequilateralis: I. occurrence and stability of two mutually exclusive chrysophyte endosymbionts and their ultrastructure. J. Foraminiferal Res. 18:334-43.
8. Gast, R. J. & Caron, D. A. 1996. Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic dinoflagellates from Foraminifera and Radiolaria. Mol. Biol. Evol. 13(9):1192-7.
9. Gastrich, M. D. 1988. Ultrastructure of a new intracellular symbiotic alga found within planktonic foraminifera. J. Phycol. 23:623-32.
10. Lee, J. J., Hutner, S. H. & Bovee, E. C. [Eds.] 1985. An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence, KS.
11. Medlin, L., Elwood, H. J., Stickel, S. & Sogin, M. L. 1988. The characterization of enzymatically amplified eukaryotic 16S-like rRNA-coding legions. Gene 71:491-9.
12. Norris, R. D. 1996. Symbiosis as an evolutionary innovation in the radiation of Paleocene planktic foraminifera. Paleobiology 22: 461-80.
13. Ostergaard, J. 1998. A new method for fixation of unmineralized Haptophytes for TEM (whole mount) investigations. J. Phycol. 34:558-60.
14. Rowan, R. & Knowlton, N. 1995. Intraspecific diversity and ecological zonation in coral-algal symbiosis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:2850-3.
15. Rowan, R. & Powers, D. A. 1991. Molecular genetic identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Zooxanthellae). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 71:65-73.
16. Saiki, R., Walsh, P. S., Levenson, C. & Erlich, H. 1988. Primer-directed enzymatic amplification of DNA with a thermostable DNA polymerase. Science 239:487-94.
17. Spero, H. J. 1987. Symbiosis in the planktonic foraminifer, Orbulina universa, and the isolation of its symbiotic dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium beii sp. nov. J. Phycol. 23:307-17.
18. Swanberg, N. R. & Caron, D. A. 1991. Patterns of sarcodine feeding in epipelagic oceanic plankton. J. Plankton Res. 13:287-312.
19. Weekers, P. H. H., Gast, R. J., Fuerst, P. A. & Byers, T. J. 1994. Sequence variations in small-subunit ribosomal RNAs of Hartmannella vermiformis and their phylogenetic implications. Mol. Biol. Evol. 11:684-90.
20. Walsh, P. S., Metzger, D. A. & Higuchi, R. 1991. Chelex 100 as a medium for simple extraction of DNA for PCR-based typing from forensic material. Biotechniques 10(4):506-13.