| ABSTRACT The genus Planktothricoides Suda & Watanabe is considered as a 2-methylisoborneol (MIB) producer, affecting water quality and aquatic animal products worldwide. To date, there is limited information about the diversity of this genus from Thailand. In this study, Thai Planktothricoides strains were isolated from fish ponds and reservoirs in North, Northeast and Central regions for morphological examination, phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA, rbcLX and MIB synthase genes as well as GC/MS/MS analyses. The morphological results and the 16S rRNA and rbcLX phylogenies of Thai Planktothricodes strains enabled them to be designated as Planktothricoides raciborskii. Cell dimensions of Thai strains tested were in 1.86 to 5.96 µm length (L), 2.83... |
