Environmental Barcoding Reveals Massive Dinoflagellate Diversity in Marine Environments

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Authors

Rowena Stern · University of British Columbia

Aleš Horák · University of British Columbia

Rose L. Andrew · University of British Columbia

Mary-Alice Coffroth · University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Robert A. Andersen · Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Frithjof C. Küpper · Scottish Association For Marine Science

Ian Jameson

Abstract

COI barcoding was successful in identifying species from 70% of cultured genera. When applied to environmental samples, it revealed a massive amount of natural diversity in dinoflagellates. This highlights the extent to which we underestimate microbial diversity in the environment.

Topics & Keywords

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Protist diversity and phylogeny Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 5, Issue 11, pp. e13991-e13991

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013991

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