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Published on: June 4, 2016
First records of nivicolous myxomycetes (Amoebozoa) from Kazakhstan
Zhansaya Azirakhmet1, Oleg Shchepin2, Maho Inoue2
1Institute of Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Department of General Biology and Genomics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Abstract:
We present the first survey of nivicolous myxomycetes (plasmodial slime molds, Amoebozoa) conducted in Kazakhstan, specifically from the Ile-Alatau mountain range near Almaty. A total of 82 specimens were collected, and 16 species were identified using a comparative morphological approach. Except for Didymium dubium, all identified species represent first records for Kazakhstan. DNA barcoding confirmed the morphology-based identification of 70 specimens, revealing 26 distinct barcode sequence variants. Among these, nine 18S rDNA barcode variants were novel and have not been previously reported in the GenBank database.
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