Detection of a novel ecotype of Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinophyceae) in an Antarctic saline lake by real-time PCR

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Park, TG, Bell, EM, Pearce, I, Rublee, PA, Bolch, CJS, Hallegraeff, GM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2007
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Plant Biology; Phycology (incl. Marine Grasses); Ace Lake; Antarctic; Saline Lake; The Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-006-0244-0; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/46709

The heterotrophic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida was detected in Ace Lake in the Vestfold Hills, eastern Antarctica by using real-time PCR based on 18S rDNA sequences. Antarctic water samples collected in 2004 were tested by species-specific real-time PCR assays for the identification of P. pis...