Description of the Soil Diatom <i>Sellaphora terrestris</i> sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae, Sellaphoraceae) from Vietnam, with Remarks on the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of <i>Sellaphora</i> and Systematic Position of <i>Microcostatus</i>
Anton Glushchenko,
Elena Kezlya,
Yevhen Maltsev,
Sergei Genkal,
John Patrick Kociolek,
Maxim Kulikovskiy
Affiliations
Anton Glushchenko
K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, IPP RAS, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, Russia
Elena Kezlya
K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, IPP RAS, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, Russia
Yevhen Maltsev
K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, IPP RAS, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, Russia
Sergei Genkal
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS, IBIW RAS, Borok, 152742 Yaroslavl Region, Russia
John Patrick Kociolek
Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, 15th and Broadway, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Maxim Kulikovskiy
K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, IPP RAS, 35 Botanicheskaya St., 127276 Moscow, Russia
In material isolated from soils of Cát Tiên National Park, we isolated four strains that were assigned to the genus Sellaphora. Identification was carried out on the basis of morphological and molecular studies. We proposed a new species named Sellaphora terrestris sp. nov. An evolutionary distance matrix, based on the 18S rDNA gene including the V4 domain, showed the new species shared 94.1–97.2% similarities with other Sellaphora sequences. The new species is morphologically similar to species previously identified as representatives of the genus Microcostatus.
