Isolation of 12 microsatellite markers following a pyrosequencing procedure and cross-priming in two invasive cryptic species, Alexandrium catenella (group IV) and A. tamarense (group III) (Dinophyceae)

Alexandrium catenella (group IV) and Alexandrium tamarense (group III) (Dinophyceae) are two cryptic invasive phytoplankton species belonging to the A. tamarense species complex. Their worldwide spread is favored by the human activities, transportation and climate change. In order to describe their diversity in the Mediterranean Sea and understand their settlements and maintenances in this area, new microsatellite markers were developed based on Thau lagoon (France) samples of A. catenella and A. tamarense strains. In this study twelve new microsatellite markers are proposed. Five of these microsatellite markers show amplifications on A. tamarense and ten on A. catenella. Three of these 12 microsatellite markers allowed amplifications on both cryptic species. Finally, the haplotypic diversity ranged from 0.000 to 0.791 and 0.000 to 0.942 for A. catenella and A. tamarense respectively.

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Invasive species, Phytoplankton, Alexandrium, Dinophyceae, Microsatellite markers, Biogeography

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Laporte Martin, Shao Zhaojun, Berrebi Patrick, Laabir Mohamed, Abadie Eric, Faivre Nicolas, Rieuvilleneuve Fabien, Masseret Estelle (2014). Isolation of 12 microsatellite markers following a pyrosequencing procedure and cross-priming in two invasive cryptic species, Alexandrium catenella (group IV) and A. tamarense (group III) (Dinophyceae). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 83 (1). 302-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.017, https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00189/30026/

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