title: Arnoldiellina fluorescens gen. et sp. nov.--a new green autofluorescent foraminifer from the Gulf of Eilat (Israel).
abstract: A new monothalamous (single-chambered) soft-walled foraminiferal species, Arnoldiellina fluorescens gen. et sp. nov., was isolated from samples collected in the Gulf of Eilat, Israel. The species is characterized by a small elongate organic theca with a single aperture of allogromiids. It is characterized by the emission of green autofluorescence (GAF) that has so far not been reported from foraminifera. Phylogenetic analysis of a fragment of the 18S rDNA indicates that the species is related to a group of monothalamous foraminiferans classified as clade I. Although the morphology of the new species is very different compared to the other members of this clade, a specific helix in 18S rRNA secondary structure strongly supports this position.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holzmann
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pawlowski
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005453:Fluorescence; D056908:Foraminifera / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D007557:Israel; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000469:parasitology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C065096:RNA, ribosomal, 26S