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Table 3 Comparison of cyanobacterial taxa identified in the microscopic analysis with results from sequencing of excised bands in the DGGE-ITS analysis

From: Molecular (PCR-DGGE) versus morphological approach: analysis of taxonomic composition of potentially toxic cyanobacteria in freshwater lakes

Microscopic analyses

DGGE-ITS

Coccoid

Coccoid

Snowella spp.

 

Woronichinia spp.

 

Chroococcus spp.

 

Aphanothece spp.

 

Microcystis spp.

Microcystis

Aphanocapsa spp.

 

Coelosphaerium spp.

 

Merismopedia spp.

 

Cyanodictyon spp.

 

Lemmermanniella pallida

 

Rhabdoderma lineare

 

Synechococcus-like/Cyanobium-like

Synechococcus/Cyanobium (?)

Filamentous

Filamentous

Aphanizomenon spp.

Aphanizomenon (?)

Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi

Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi

Dolichospermum spp.

Dolichospermum spp.

Limnothrix spp.

Pseudanabaenaceae

Planktolyngbya limnetica

Pseudanabaenaceae

Pseudanabaena spp.

Pseudanabaenaceae

Romeria gracilis

Romeria (?)

Planktothrix spp.

Planktothrix

 

Leptolyngbya

 

Phormidium (?)

  1. Question marks in parentheses indicate taxa whose occurrence was uncertain, because their sequences were also similar to that of another taxa or to uncultured cyanobacteria.