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International Journal on Algae
IJA
1521-9429
19
4
2017
Taxonomic Revision of the Species Composition of Cyanobacteria / Cyanoprokaryota of the Ukrainian Coast of the Black Sea
301-318
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.10
O. M.
Vinogradova
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Tereschenkivska Str. 2, Kiev 01601, Ukraine
Yu. V.
Bryantseva
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
2 Tereschenkivska Str., Kiev 01601, Ukraine
cyanobacteria
Cyanoprokaryota
species composition
ecological structure
distribution
Black Sea
Ukraine
The paper presents the results of a taxonomic revision of the species composition of cyanobacteria on the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea (UCBS) occupying the northern and
northwestern extremity of the sea. A verified list of the UCBS cyanobacteria includes 184 species from 68 genera. That makes 75.1% of species and 81.7% of the generic spectrum of the total Black Sea diversity of cyanobacteria. For each species, data on ecological peculiarities and general distribution are given. In terms of ecological ranges, marine (35.5%) and brackish (13.9%) species make up about half of the list. The percentage of freshwater cyanobacteria (29.4%) is also high. It is mostly due to the records on plankton of the northwestern part of the sea where their proportion (48.6%) exceeds the combined share of marine (18.1%) and brackish (27.8%) species. A total of 77 cyanobacteria species from 35 genera were recorded for plankton, and 132 species from 50 genera occurred on various substrates of natural and artificial origin. Biogeographically, most of the revealed species have cosmopolitan (37.8%), sub-cosmopolitan (19.2%), and European (15.8%) ranges. UCBS includes two natural regions differing in geomorphological and climatic features: the northwestern part and the Crimean coast. In the northwestern part of the Black Sea, 94 species of 37 genera of cyanobacteria were found. Most of them (33 genera, 71 species), were revealed in plankton communities. For microphytobenthos, 27 species from 10 genera are cited. For the Crimean coast, 124 species of cyanobacteria from 54 genera are known. Among them, 14 species from 10 genera were recorded in plankton, and 117 species from 51 genera in benthos. Seventeen (17) species of cyanobacteria caused summer water blooms in the UCBS. Among them, Dolichospermum flosaquae, Glaucospira laxissima, Nodularia spumigena, Planktolyngbya limnetica, and Synechocystis salina appeared among the causative agents of water bloom at the Ukrainian coast only in the last decade. In recent decades, the list of species has become larger due to invaders from equatorial and subtropical regions, and freshwater forms. This indicates the need for further monitoring of the species composition of the Black Sea cyanobacteria.
Species Diversity and Ecology of Charales (Charophyta) of the Zone of Deciduous Forests of Ukraine
319-326
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.20
Ye. V.
Borisova
N.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine,
2 Tereshchenkovskaya Str., Kiev 01004, Ukraine
Charales
species diversity
zone of deciduous forests
Ukraine
A study of the Charales (Charophyta) species diversity of the zone of deciduous forests in the Ukraine (ZDF) has revealed 60 new localities for 11 species from the genera Chara L. (7), Nitella C. Agardh (3), and Tolypella (A. Braun) A. Braun (1). Among them, the noteworthy records are Chara aspera Dethard. ex Willd., Ch. intermedia A. Braun, Ch. tenuispina A. Braun, rarely occurring in the studied area, and Tolypella intricata (Trentep. ex Roth) Leonh., a new species for the flora of Ukraine. The most frequently occurring species were cosmopolitans Ch. globularis Thuill. (23.3%) and Ch. vulgaris L. (38.3%). An analysis of the original and literature data on the ecology of Charales species found in the ZDF shows that the relative scarcity of their composition is mainly due to the absence of large lakes or lake groups in the area, and a strong anthropogenic impact. A comparison of the species composition of Charales of the ZDF with those of adjacent territories: the Polish, Volyn, Zhytomir Polissia, Ukrainian Carpathians and the Right-bank Forest-Steppe indicates its transitional character. This is probably due to a strong anthropogenic transformation of the territory during continuous agricultural reclamation.
Protoperidinium sphaericum (G. Murr. et Whitting) Balech (The History of Study, Morphology and Synonymy)
327-336
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.30
A. F.
Krakhmalnyi
Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, NAS of Ukraine,
37 Acad. Lebedeva Str., Kiev 03143, Ukraine
Behrouz
Zarei Darki
Tarbiat Modares University
Dinoflagellata
Dinophyta
Protoperidinium sphaericum
P. sphaeroides
P. hamatum
Persian Gulf
Iran
This paper reveals the morphological study of Protoperidinium sphaericum, a rare species of marine dinoflagellates (Dinoflagellata, Dinophyta) found in the plankton of the Persian Gulf near the island of Ormuz (territorial waters of Iran). The study proved the morphological identity of P. spaericum, P. hamatum Balech 1979, found earlier in the Persian Gulf, and P. sphaeroides (Dangeard) Balech 1974 known only from the Mediterranean Sea. After analyzing the literature and original data, and in accordance with the principle of priority, P. hamatum and
P. sphaeroides are considered synonymous with P. sphaericum. The range of P. sphaericum includes Mediterranean, Adriatic and Caribbean Seas, Mexican, Persian and Oman Gulfs, Southwest Atlantic, and the coastal waters of west Africa and Japan.
New Localities of Rare Species of Charales in Northwestern Belarus
337-348
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.40
V. S.
Vishnyakov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS,
Settl. Borok, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region 152742, Russia
K. L.
Savitskaya
Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany,
27 Akademicheskaya Str., Minsk 220072, Republic of Belarus
A. G.
Lapirov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS, Borok, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region 152742, RF
E. A.
Belyakov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS, Borok, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region 152742, RF; Cherepovets State University,
5 Lunacharsky Prosp., Cherepovets 162600, RF
E. V.
Garin
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS, Borok, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region 152742, RF
O. A.
Makarevich
Laboratory of Hydroecology, Belarus State University,
4 Nezavisimost Ave., Minsk 220030, Republic of Belarus
T. V.
Zhukova
Vinberg Naroch Biological Station,
8 Naberezhnaja Str., Naroch, Myadel District,
Minsk Region 222395, Republic of Belarus
Charales
new records
rare species
algae conservation
Belarus
The results of studying some charophyte species protected in the Narochansky National Park (Minsk Region, Myadel District) are presented. In summer 2016, the lakes Naroch
(Maly Ples), Rudakovo, Shestakovo, and a small artificial pond near the village of Romashki were investigated. In studied water bodies, Charophytes formed dense communities on the sandy or silty bottom at 0.5–3.0 m deep. A total of eight Chara species were identified, including four species currently listed in the Red Data Book of Belarus (Ch. aspera Willd., Ch. globularis Thuill., Ch. rudis (A. Braun) Leonh., and Ch. tomentosa L.). Noteworthy, old literature records cited for Belarus are Ch. strigosa A. Braun, Ch. intermedia A. Braun, and Ch. virgata Kütz. but lack precise data on
their locations. The most interesting locations of charophytes in the park are: Lake Rudakovo for rare species Ch. strigosa, Ch. rudis, and Ch. tomentosa, Lake Shestakovo (Ch. virgata), and small artificial ponds inhabited by Ch. intermedia. In the paper, data on the distribution and conservation status of revealed species in Belarus are discussed. Authors recommend adding relict rare species Ch. strigosa as vulnerable to the next edition of the Red Data Book of Belarus.
Rare Species of Algae from the Reservoirs of Kiev Upland (Ukraine)
349-356
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.50
V. Yu.
Berezovskaya
N.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine,
2 Tereshchenkovskaya Str., Kiev 01004, Ukraine
algae
new records
rare species
Kiev Upland
Ukraine
Paper presents new and noteworthy records of algae found in water bodies of Kiev Upland in 2015−2016. They include representatives of Cyanoprokaryota (1), Euglenophyta (1),
Chlorophyta (5), and Bacillaryophyta (2). Anabaenopsis circularis (G.S. West) Wolosz. et V.V. Mill. and Phacus tropidontus Conrad are first cited for Ukraine. For Achnanthes lauenburgiana Hust. and Acutodesmus javanensis (Chodat) P. Tsarenko it is second locality in Ukraine. Noteworthy records are Scenedesmus bacillaris Gutw., Achnanthidium exiguum (Grunow) Czarn., Gloeotaenium loitlesbergianum Hansg., Acutodesmus regularis (Svirenko) P. Tsarenko, Botryococcus terribilis Komárek the rare species of the Forest-Steppe zone of Ukraine. Their descriptions with original drawings and microphoto are given, as well as data on distribution in Ukraine and general distribution of the species cited.
Accumulation of Chromium and Selenium inside Cells and in Lipids of Chlorella vulgaris Beij. during the Incubation from Chromium by Sodium Chloride and Selenium
357-366
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.60
O. Ya.
Lukashiv
Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Natural Sci. Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, 2 M. Kryvonosa Str., Ternopil 46027, Ukraine
O. I.
Bodnar
Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Teachers-Training University,
2, M. Kryvonosa Str., Ternopil 46027, Ukraine
G. B.
Vinyarska
Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Natural Sci. Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, 2 M. Kryvonosa Str., Ternopil 46027, Ukraine
V. V.
Grubinko
Department of General Biology and Methods of Teaching Natural Sci. Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, 2 M. Kryvonosa Str., Ternopil 46027, Ukraine
selenium
chromium
lipids
Chlorella vulgaris
accumulation
metals
ions
We investigated the concentration and timing characteristics of chromium (Cr3+) absorption in the presence of selenium (Se4+) inside the cells as well as in lipids of Chlorella vulgaris microalgae. Discovered patterns of chromium accumulation had a pronounced fluctuation, which can be divided into four phases: cells' adaptation to the new factor, associated with membrane mechanisms of cell stress response formation; active accumulation phase, which ends after the saturation of binding sites with metal ions, first with metallothionein proteins; suppression controlled metal fixation particularly in the cell and in lipids; stage of accumulation recovery that is chaotic and uncontrolled by the cell and accompanied by its death.
Fatty Acid Composition of Cocoid Green Algae as a Basis for Energy and Primary Products Potential. 1. Chlorella- and Acutodesmus-Like Microalgae (Chlorophyta)
367-384
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.70
P. M.
Tsarenko
Physical and Chemical Institute for Environment and Human Protection Ministry of Education
and Science & National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Odesa, Ukraine; W. Szafer Institute of Botany Polish Academy of Sciences,
Kraków, Poland; M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
M. A.
Konishchuk
N.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the NAS of Ukraine,
2 Tereschenkovskaya Str., Kiev 01004, Ukraine
V. I.
Korkhovoy
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomic of the NAS of Ukraine,
2a Osypovsky Str., Kiev 04123, Ukraine
I. Yu.
Kostikov
Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology and Medicine,
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev,
2 Acad. Glushkov Ave., Kiev 03022, Ukraine
Ya. B.
Blume
Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomic of the NAS of Ukraine,
2a Osypovsky Str., Kiev 04123, Ukraine
Chlorella
Acutodesmus
lipids
fatty acid composition
bioenergetics
Bioproduction parameters of the strains of Chlorella- and Acutodesmus-like algae of the IBASU-A collection of the N.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the NAS of Ukraine were studied. The characteristic features of their growth and productivity, and the capacities of the Chlorella vulgaris Beij. and Acutodesmus dimorphus (Turpin) P. Tsarenko strains as objects of industrial cultivation were analyzed. The features of fatty acid (FA) composition of strains under standard conditions of laboratory cultivation are studied. The taxonomic (generic) specificity of the leading complex of FA has been revealed. The variability of the total lipid content in the representatives of the examined genera was found. The potential 1.5-fold increase in the amount of lipids or fractional amounts of certain fatty acids during the stationary growth phase of the culture under the influence of stress factors (nitrogen deficiency) is revealed.
Rapid Method for Simultaneous Discrimination of Microalgae and Determination on Biochemical Composition based on Vibrational Spectroscopy
385-396
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.80
Pandian
Sureshkumar
Algae Biomass Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology,
Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences,
Coimbatore 641114, Tamil Nadu India
J.
Thomas
Algae Biomass Research Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, School of Agriculture and Biosciences,
Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences,
Coimbatore 641114, Tamilnadu, India
J.
Sivasubramanian
Department of Physics, Madura College,
Madurai 625011 Tamil Nadu, India
FT-IR spectra
microalgae
cluster analysis
phylogenetic analysis
species discrimination
fingerprint
biochemical composition
Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy is a high-resolution spectroscopic method used in whole-organism molecular fingerprinting. This analysis helps for the characteristic determination of macromolecular spectrum in intact cells. Spectral analysis can discriminate,
classify, and identify the microorganisms as composition of macromolecules is different between strains of the same species. In the present investigation, four different microalgae were studied for their variations in spectral data, which showed striking differences on their major macromolecules. Scenedesmus obliquus (Turp.) Kütz. have intense peaks in the lipids and protein spectral regions
when compared to the other species. Chlorella vulgaris Beij., Ch. pyrenedosa Chick and Euglena gracilis Klebs possessed moderate and less intense peaks in sub sequential order in all the five spectral regions. Using FT-IR spectra, hierarchical clustering analyses resulted in a dendrogram with clear discrimination between species according to their phenotype variations. To support this, phylogenetic analysis using 16S rDNA microbial barcode sequences of these microalgal strains was evaluated and the resulting phylogram showed the same cluster pattern as revealed by FT-IR based
dendrogram. Hence, this study concludes that the combination of phylogenetic analysis and the FTIR spectra provides an effective way of distinguishing the species as well as the advantage of simultaneous determination of biochemical composition of the species.
Index, Volume 19, 2017
397-402
10.1615/InterJAlgae.v19.i4.90