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      Cryptic dispersal of Cyanidiophytina (Rhodophyta) in non-acidic environments from Turkey.

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          Cyanidiophytina are a group of polyextremophilic red algae with a worldwide, but discontinuous colonization. They are restricted to widely dispersed hot springs, geothermal habitats, and also some human-altered environments. Cyanidiophytina are predominant where pH is prohibitive for the majority of eukaryotes (pH 0.5-3). Turkey is characterized by areas rich in volcanic activity separated by non-volcanic areas. Here we show that Cyanidiophycean populations are present in thermal baths located around Turkey on neutral/alkaline soils. All known genera and species within Cyanidiophytina were detected in Turkey, including Galdieria phlegrea, recorded up to now only in Italian Phlegrean Fields. By phylogenetic analyses, Turkish G. sulphuraria strains are monophyletic with Italian and Icelandic strains, and with Russian G. daedala strains. G. maxima from Turkey clustered with Icelandic, Kamchatka, and Japanese populations. The discovery of Cyanidiophytina in non-acidic Turkish soils raises new questions about the ecological boundaries of these extremophilic algae. This aids in the understanding of the dispersal abilities and distribution patterns of this ecologically and evolutionarily interesting group of algae.

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          Journal
          Extremophiles
          Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions
          Springer Science and Business Media LLC
          1433-4909
          1431-0651
          Sep 2018
          : 22
          : 5
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK.
          [2 ] Biomedical Engineering Faculty, University of Sakarya, Sakarya, Turkey.
          [3 ] Department of Biology, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
          [4 ] Faculty of Letters, Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Naples, Italy.
          [5 ] Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Science, Università degli Studi della Campania L. Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy. claudia.ciniglia@unicampania.it.
          Article
          10.1007/s00792-018-1031-x
          10.1007/s00792-018-1031-x
          29779132
          ea3a65b2-a7a1-42a8-bd37-a3139f3b7e52
          History

          Biodiversity,Cyanidophytina,Extremophiles,Phylogeny,Population structure,rbcL

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