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Dhaka University scientist and his team *discovered record 41 new strains of the alga Pyramimonas, *discovered their significant genetic diversity; *discovered two undescribed subgenera from the Ryukyu Archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean.
11-Jan-2022
The team of scientists included Professor Dr. Mohammad Azmal Hossain Bhuiyan, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prof. Dr. Shoichiro Suda, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Japan and Dr. Daphne Georgina Faria, Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus, Japan. They discovered record 41 new strains of the genus Pyramimonas from the islands located in the Pacific Ocean. They described a big number of strains (41 strains) of the genus Pyramimonas with molecular pieces of evidences, electron microscopy, phylogenetic bases for the first time in the world. They discovered significant genetic diversity on the bases of 18S rDNA and rbcL genes among the discovered 41 new strains of Pyramimonas sp and the results had been published in a peer reviewed Journal of Marine Science and Technology, Taiwan. That was the first and biggest sampling on the genus Pyramimonas so far in the world perspectives. Dhaka University scientist’s team is pioneer in Pyramimonas Research in the world.