title: DNA barcoding of macrofauna act as a tool for assessing marine ecosystem.
abstract: Nowadays, marine ecosystem monitoring and assessment are increasingly depending on variety of molecular tools. With these background, DNA barcoding play a key role in species identification with increasing speed and accuracy, and although the suitability for developing genetic tools like genomic AMBI (gAMBI). Presently we have submitted 13 benthic polychaete species using mtCOI to GenBank. Of these, nine species were newly submitted, and hence they act as a benchmark and reference organism for identifying respective polychaete species worldwide in the near future. Based on that, our study results tend to be helpful for motivating among the researcher in order to implementing the genomic AMBI (gAMBI).
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: sivabiotech007@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sivaraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sigamani
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Murugesan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perumal
authors.affiliation: Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Gopi Alagiri
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Thivakaran
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Balasubramanian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thangavel
authors.affiliation: Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Kathiresan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kandasamy
mesh_terms: D058893:DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring
keywords: DNA barcoding; Genetic tool; Genomic AMBI; Marine ecosystem; Molecular methods