Novel diversity of deeply branching Holomycota and unicellular Holozoans revealed by metabarcoding in middle Paraná River, Argentina

Opisthokonta represents a major lineage of eukaryotes and includes fungi and metazoans, as well as other less known unicellular groups. The latter are paraphyletic assemblages that branch in between the former two groups, and thus are important for understanding the origin and early diversificati...

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Autores principales: Arroyo, Alicia S., López-Escardó, David, Kim, Eunsoo, Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki, Najle, Sebastián R.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media 2021
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2133/20045
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/20045
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topic Unicellular Holozoa
Holomycota
Early-branching
Metabarcoding
Paraná River
Molecular Diversity
Fresh Water
spellingShingle Unicellular Holozoa
Holomycota
Early-branching
Metabarcoding
Paraná River
Molecular Diversity
Fresh Water
Arroyo, Alicia S.
López-Escardó, David
Kim, Eunsoo
Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki
Najle, Sebastián R.
Novel diversity of deeply branching Holomycota and unicellular Holozoans revealed by metabarcoding in middle Paraná River, Argentina
topic_facet Unicellular Holozoa
Holomycota
Early-branching
Metabarcoding
Paraná River
Molecular Diversity
Fresh Water
description Opisthokonta represents a major lineage of eukaryotes and includes fungi and metazoans, as well as other less known unicellular groups. The latter are paraphyletic assemblages that branch in between the former two groups, and thus are important for understanding the origin and early diversification of opisthokonts. The full range of their diversity, however, has not yet been explored from diverse ecological habitats. Freshwater environments are crucial sources for new diversity; they are considered even more heterogeneous than marine ecosystems. This heterogeneity implies more ecological niches where local eukaryotic communities are located. However, knowledge of the unicellular opisthokont diversity is scarce from freshwater environments. Here, we performed an 18S rDNA metabarcoding study in the Middle Paraná River, Argentina, to characterize the molecular diversity of microbial eukaryotes, in particular unicellular members of Opisthokonta. We identified a potential novel clade branching as a sister-group to Fungi. We also detected in our data that more than 60% operational taxonomic units classified as unicellular holozoans (animals and relatives) represent new taxa at the species level. Of the remaining, the majority was assigned to the newly described holozoan species, Syssomonas multiformis. Together, our results show that a large hidden diversity of unicellular members of opisthokonts still remain to be uncovered. We also found that the geographical and ecological distribution of several taxa considered exclusive to marine environments is wider than previously thought.
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author Arroyo, Alicia S.
López-Escardó, David
Kim, Eunsoo
Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki
Najle, Sebastián R.
author_facet Arroyo, Alicia S.
López-Escardó, David
Kim, Eunsoo
Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki
Najle, Sebastián R.
author_sort Arroyo, Alicia S.
title Novel diversity of deeply branching Holomycota and unicellular Holozoans revealed by metabarcoding in middle Paraná River, Argentina
title_short Novel diversity of deeply branching Holomycota and unicellular Holozoans revealed by metabarcoding in middle Paraná River, Argentina
title_full Novel diversity of deeply branching Holomycota and unicellular Holozoans revealed by metabarcoding in middle Paraná River, Argentina
title_fullStr Novel diversity of deeply branching Holomycota and unicellular Holozoans revealed by metabarcoding in middle Paraná River, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Novel diversity of deeply branching Holomycota and unicellular Holozoans revealed by metabarcoding in middle Paraná River, Argentina
title_sort novel diversity of deeply branching holomycota and unicellular holozoans revealed by metabarcoding in middle paraná river, argentina
publisher Frontiers Media
publishDate 2021
url http://hdl.handle.net/2133/20045
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/20045
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