Title Isozyme Analysis of Spiny Species of Scenedesmus in Korea
Author Chang, Yoon Kyung * · An, Seon Sook · Yoo, Soon Ae¹ · Lee, Ki Sung¹
Address Department of Biology, Sookmyung Women's University; ¹Department of Biology, Pai-Chai University
Bibliography Journal of Microbiology, 33(1),10-15, 1995,
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Key Words Scenedesmus, taxonomy, isozyme analysis, genetic relationship
Abstract We present the results of electrophoretic analysis on eight species of the genus Scenedesmus for the first time. According to the phenogram, S. opoliensis and A. armatus are clustered in one froup and S. intermedius, S. communis, S. bicaudatus, S. elliposoideus, S. spinosus are separated into another group. The two groups are distinguished by cell shape and cell wall ultrastructure although there are distinct morphological characteristics which demarcate each species. The isozyme analysis indicates that genetic similarity between species of Scenedesmus is low but the similarity within a species is very high. Therefore, isozyme banding patterns can be useful tools in Scenedesmus taxonomy.
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