Mediocremonas mediterraneus, a New Member within the Developea

Abstract

The stramenopiles are a large and diverse group of eukaryotes that possess various lifestyles requiring adaptation to highly different niches. Among the stramenopiles, the MAST (MArine STramenopiles) clades are a diverse, polyphyletic assemblage of heterotrophic flagellates that are exclusively known from environmental sequences. Here we present the first cultivated representatives of MAST-3, which we name Mediocremonas mediterraneus gen. et sp. nov.

Javier del Campo

Group Leader

My research aims at understanding the global diversity and distribution of eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbes employing curated phylogenetic frameworks focusing on novel environmental taxa.