Taxonomic re-evaluation of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae NH-5 based on morphology and 16S rRNA gene sequences

@article{Li2004TaxonomicRO,
  title={Taxonomic re-evaluation of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae NH-5 based on morphology and 16S rRNA gene sequences},
  author={Renhui Li and Wayne W. Carmichael and Yongding Liu and Makoto M. Watanabe},
  journal={Hydrobiologia},
  year={2004},
  volume={438},
  pages={99-105}
}
The taxonomy of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae strain NH-5, a producer of cyanotoxins, was re-evaluated by comparison with six other Aphanizomenon strains using morphological characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequences. Strain NH-5 was concluded to be improperly identified as Aph. flos-aquae based upon (1) lack of bundle formation in the trichomes, (2) location of akinetes next to heterocytes, (3) lower similarities (less than 97.5%) in the 16S rRNA gene sequences relative to Aph. flos-aquae strains… 
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It is suggested that the taxonomic revision of Aphanizomenon and Anabaena genera is required to be performed by employing multilocus sequence analysis and polyphasic studies.
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Phylogenetic comparison of the cyanobacterial genera Anabaena and Aphanizomenon.
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The data suggest that the planktic Anabaena and Aphanizomenon isolates belong to the same genus, regardless of their morphological differences, and a taxonomic revision of the two genera is required.
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