Bipolar dispersal of red-snow algae

Takahiro Segawa (), Ryo Matsuzaki, Nozomu Takeuchi, Ayumi Akiyoshi, Francisco Navarro, Shin Sugiyama, Takahiro Yonezawa and Hiroshi Mori
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Takahiro Segawa: University of Yamanashi
Ryo Matsuzaki: National Institute for Environmental Studies
Nozomu Takeuchi: Chiba University
Ayumi Akiyoshi: National Institute of Polar Research
Francisco Navarro: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Shin Sugiyama: Hokkaido University
Takahiro Yonezawa: Tokyo University of Agriculture
Hiroshi Mori: National Institute of Genetics

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Red-snow algae are red-pigmented unicellular algae that appear seasonally on the surface of thawing snow worldwide. Here, we analyse the distribution patterns of snow algae sampled from glaciers and snow patches in the Arctic and Antarctica based on nuclear ITS2 sequences, which evolve rapidly. The number of phylotypes is limited in both polar regions, and most are specific to either the Arctic or Antarctica. However, the bipolar phylotypes account for the largest share (37.3%) of all sequences, suggesting that red-algal blooms in polar regions may comprise mainly cosmopolitan phylotypes but also include endemic organisms, which are distributed either in the Arctic or Antarctica.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05521-w

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