First Report on Molecular Identification of Caulerpa Green Algae from Mandangin Island Indonesia Using Partial 18SrRNA Genes

18SrRNA Caulerpa Macroalgae Mandangin Indonesia

Authors

  • Nwet Darli Kyaw Zaw
    maripsinwarnaw94@gmail.com
    Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Program, Faculty Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia Department of Chemistry, Yadanabon University, Mandalay City, Myanmar, Myanmar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5985-361X
  • Putu Angga Wiradana Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Program, Faculty Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Sin War Naw Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Program, Faculty Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia Department of Chemistry, Mandalay University, Mandalay City, Myanmar, Myanmar
  • Aondohemba Samuel Nege Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Program, Faculty Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B 2373, Makurdi, Nigeria, Nigeria
  • Mochammad Amin Alamsjah Department of Marine, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Rizhar Eman Karunia Akbar Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Program, Faculty Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Fahror Rosi Fisheries and Marine Biotechnology Program, Faculty Fisheries and Marine Science, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia, Indonesia
August 28, 2020

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Caulerpa is one of the seaweed that grows naturally in Indonesian waters such as those in Mandangin Island. This study aimed to identify Caulerpa sp. based on molecular analysis using certain genetic markers. This research is expected to provide information on the identification of macroalgae from Indonesia waters, especially Mandangin Island, Madura with the use of molecular analysis based on 18SrRNA primers. The two green seaweed samples from the Caulerpa genus in this study were successfully analyzed using 18SrRNA primers. The BLAST results of samples 1and 2 are related to Caulerpa taxifolia 18SrRNA, but in the phylogenetic tree result, Sample 1 was more closely related to Caulerpa sertularioides f. longipes. 18SrRNA primers have been used for molecular identification of green seaweed from Mandangin for the first time and this shows that barcode markers can be used for molecular identification of seaweed, specifically Caulerpa in the waters of Mandangin Island, Indonesia.