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1 May 2000 Phylogenetic Analysis of the Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA of Marteilia refringens Validates the Existence of Phylum Paramyxea (Desportes and Perkins, 1990)
Franck C. J. Berthe, Frédérique Le Roux, Eric Peyretaillade, Pierre Peyret, David Rodriguez, Manolo Gouy, Christian P. Vivarès
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Marteilia refringens is recognized as one of the most significant pathogens of bivalve molluscs. The nucleotide sequence of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene of Marteilia refringens is used to elucidate the phylogenetic position of the phylum Paramyxea. Genomic DNA was extracted from sporangia of Marteilia, purified from infected blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, and flat oysters, Ostrea edulis. The sequences obtained from Marteilia species purified from both oysters and mussels were identical. The sequence identity was confirmed by in situ hybridization using a DNA probe targeted to a variable region of the ribosomal DNA. The small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence of M. refringens is very different from all known sequences of eukaryotic organisms, including those of myxosporeans and haplosporeans. Therefore, the phylum Paramyxea should continue to be recognized as an independent eukaryotic phylum.

Franck C. J. Berthe, Frédérique Le Roux, Eric Peyretaillade, Pierre Peyret, David Rodriguez, Manolo Gouy, and Christian P. Vivarès "Phylogenetic Analysis of the Small Subunit Ribosomal RNA of Marteilia refringens Validates the Existence of Phylum Paramyxea (Desportes and Perkins, 1990)," The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 47(3), 288-293, (1 May 2000). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00049.x
Received: 2 June 1999; Accepted: 13 January 2000; Published: 1 May 2000
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KEYWORDS
DNA probe
Mytilus edulis
Ostrea edulis
rRNA gene sequence
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