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Barcoding společenstva makrozoobentosu Křesánovského potoka
PEJCHAROVÁ, Eliška
Molecular genetic methods, including barcoding, have been increasingly utilized in recent years for the analysis of communities of macrozoobenthos and many other organisms. Morphological identification of precise species of mayflies, caddisflies, or stoneflies in their larval stage is demanding and requires a significant amount of time and expertise. Barcoding analysis can help to classify disputed species more accurately. The aim of this thesis is to use the barcoding method to determine selected representatives of macrozoobenthos and verify the morphological determination of macrozoobenthos representatives. The studied locality is Křesánovský Stream in southern Bohemia. DNA was extracted from the collected samples and using mitochondrial gene CO1 and primer pairs LCO1490, HCO2198, jgLOC1490, and jgHCO2198, sequences were created and tested in the BLAST program. The most similar sequences from publicly available databases were obtained, compared to sequences from this thesis and the exact species were subsequently determined. A total of 57 samples were studied, from which 29 species were morphologically identified (six species of mayflies, eight species of caddisflies, seven species of stoneflies, three representatives of beetles, four species of dipterans, and one specimen of Gammarus fossarum), and 30 species were identified through barcoding (11 species of mayflies, eight species of caddisflies, five species of stoneflies, two species of dipterans, three species of beetles, and one species of fleas). Morphological determination was successful in 63% of cases. The success rate was 74% for mayflies, 67% for caddisflies, 33% for stoneflies, and 25% for dipterans. The specimen of Gammarus fossarum was morphologically identified correctly. Barcoding appears to be a suitable method for studying macrozoobenthos and an excellent complement to morphological analysis of samples. However, it has its limitations, and it is not appropriate to consider it as the sole method for determining macrozoobenthos samples.
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