Nitzschia excavata sp. nov. (Bacillariaceae), a new diatom species from a post-mining reservoir revealed by morphology, molecular phylogeny, and metabarcoding-based biogeography

The UK metabarcoding data searched in this paper here was generated and provided by the Environment Agency of England (see also Kelly et al. 2024): we are most grateful to Dr Kerry Walsh for making the data available. We are grateful to Dr Magdalena Gapińska from the Laboratory of Microscopic Imaging and Specialized Biological Techniques, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, for the support with the CLSM data. We thank the Szczecin Diatomological Collection SZCZ (University of Szczecin), and in particular Dr Ewa Górecka, for providing material containing strain SZCZCH1090, which enabled detailed comparative analyses.

The Hungarian part of the research presented in the article was carried out within the framework of the Széchenyi Plan Plus programme with the support of the RRF 2.3.1 21 2022 00008 project. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is supported by the Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division and IRTA receives support from the CERCA Programme/ Generalitat de Catalunya.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Algology and Mycology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, ul. Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Lodz, Poland

   Rafał M. Olszyński

2. IRTA-Institute for Food and Agricultural Research and Technology, La Rápita, Catalonia, Spain

   Rafał M. Olszyński, David G. Mann & Rosa Trobajo

3. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

   David G. Mann

4. Department of Molecular Neurochemistry, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Mazowiecka 6/8, 92-215, Łódź, Poland

   Piotr K. Zakrzewski

5. Department of Agroecology and Forest Utilization, University of Rzeszów, ul. Ćwiklińskiej 1A, 35-601, Rzeszow, Poland

   Łukasz Peszek

6. Department of Aquatic Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Water Sciences, Ludovika University of Public Service, Ludovika tér 2, H-1083, Budapest, Hungary

   Éva Ács & Sára Shemesh

7. National Laboratory for Water Science and Water Security, Ludovika tér 2, H-1083, Budapest, Hungary

   Éva Ács & Sára Shemesh

8. Faculty of Science and Informatics, Doctoral School of Biology, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary

   Sára Shemesh

9. Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis Research Group, Institute of Genetics, HUN-REN BRC, Temesvári krt. 62, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary

   Sára Shemesh

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Correspondence to
Rafał M. Olszyński.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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