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Cryptogamie Algologie

Volume 21, Issue 4, October–December 2000, Pages 355-363
Cryptogamie Algologie

Caulacanthus ustulatus (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from Brittany (France) is an introduction from the Pacific Ocean

This paper is dedicated to Jacqueline Cabioch at the occasion of her retirement.
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Abstract

Caulacanthus ustulatus (Turner) Kützing was originally described from Cádiz (SW Spain) and is the only species of the genus found in Europe. For many years, the known northern limit was in the Bay of Biscay (Biarritz, south-west France), but the alga was recently recorded in Brittany, France. DNA sequences of the plastid encoded Rubisco spacer and sequences of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (rDNA ITS2) were used to determine the relationships between samples of Caulacanthus from Brittany (Roscoff), southern Europe (Gibraltar and Albufeira in Portugal) and East Asia (China, Japan). The sequence data obtained revealed two distinct groupings: a Pacific group containing the samples from China, Japan and Roscoff and a group containing the samples from southern Europe. This finding is consistent with the hypothesis that Caulacanthus in Brittany has been introduced from the Pacific Ocean. Minor morphological differences were observed between isolates from the two groups grown under identical culture conditions.

Résumé

Caulacanthus ustulatus (Turner) Kützing, a été décrit de Cádiz (SW de l'Espagne) et est la seule espèce du genre connue en Europe. Pendant de nombreuses années, sa limite nord a été considérée comme le golfe de Gascogne (Biarritz, sud-ouest de la France), mais l'algue a été observée récemment en Bretagne (France). Des séquences d'ADN plastidial de l'espaceur de la Rubisco et des séquences de l'espaceur interne ITS2 des ADN ribosomiques nucléaires ont été utilisées pour analyser les relations entre des échantillons de Caulacanthus en provenance de Bretagne (Roscoff), du sud de l'Europe (Gibraltar et Albufeira, au Portugal) et de l'est de l'Asie (Chine, Japon). L'analyse des séquences obtenues révèle deux groupes distincts : un groupe Pacifique contenant les spécimens de Chine, du Japon et de Roscoff, et un groupe contenant les spécimens du sud de l'Europe. Ce résultat est cohérent avec l'hypothèse selon laquelle les spécimens de Caulacanthus de Bretagne auraient été introduits et proviendraient du Pacifique. Des différences morphologiques mineures ont pu être observées entre les isolats des deux groupes se développant dans des conditions de culture identiques.

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