Table1.Species, Culture Collections, Origin,ITS and rbcL Genbank accession numbers of the strains included in this study. Acronyms: Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, UK (CCAP), Sammlug von Algenkulturen, Germany (SAG), University of Texas Culture Collection of Algae, USA (UTEX), American Type Culture Collection, USA (ATCC), Dunaliella Culture Collection at Brooklyn College, USA (DCCBC), Provasoli-Guillard National Centre for the culture of Marine Phytoplankton, USA (CCMP), Universidad de Concepción, Chile (CONC).

Former Identification / Suggested Re-Identification (Author) / Culture Collection / Geographic Origin / Isolator (Date) / Genbank accession numbers
ITS / rbcL
Subgenus Pascheria (Freshwater species)
Dunaliella acidophila (Kalina) Massyuk / CCAP19/35 / Freshwater; acidic sulphurous pool, Pisciarelli, Naples, Italy / Albertano (1981) / HM060645, HM060646 / HQ142901
Dunaliella lateralis Pascher & Jahoda / Nepal / AF313444, AF313445
Subgenus Dunaliella
Section Tertiolecta (Marine species.Optimum salinity <6% NaCl)
Dunaliella tertiolecta Butcher / CCAP19/27 / Unknown / Unknown / EF473748
DCCBC5 / Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA / unknown / AY686683, AY686684
UTEX 999 / Oslofjord, Norway / Føyn (1938) / AF313434, AF313435 / DQ313203
SAG13.86 / Marine: Oslofjord, Norway / Føyn (1938) / EF473738
ATCC30929 / seawater, Plymouth, England, / (1950) / EF473742
CCMP364 / Brakish, Oslofjord, Norway / Føyn (1938) / DQ377097 / DQ313204
CCMP1320 / Baja California, Mexico / unknown / AF313432, AF313433
CCMP1302 / Baja California, Mexico / unknown / DQ377096 / DQ313205
Dunaliella quartolecta Butcher / CCAP19/8 / Marine; Southampton, Hampshire, England / Butcher (1953) / DQ157051, DQ157054
Dunaliella primolecta Butcher / UTEX1000 / English Channel, Plymouth, Devon, England / Gross (1936) / DQ157052, AY582942 / DQ313198
Dunaliella polymorphicaButcher / CCAP19/7c / Brackish; River Crouch, Essex, England / Butcher (1954) / DQ157050, DQ157053
Section Dunaliella (Halophilic species. Optimum salinity >6% NaCl. Accumulates carotenes)
Dunaliella salina Teodoresco / CCAP19/18 / Hypersaline; Hypersaline brines, Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia / Kaethner (1982) / AF546097, AF546098
UTEX1644 / Point Colorado Salinas; La Paz, Baja California, Mexico / Loeblich (1967) / AF313428, AF313429
CONC006 / Salar de Atacama, Chile / Cifuentes (1990) / AF313424, AF313425
CONC001 / Laguna La Rinconada, Chile / Cifuentes (1990) / AF546091, AF546092
CONC007 / Salar de Atacama, Chile / Cifuentes (1990) / AF313426, AF313427
DCCBC1 / Lake Tyrell, Victoria, Australia / Polle / AY545543, AY549442
“hd6”, Israel / DQ116743 / DQ173088
Yucatan, Mexico / AF546093, AF546094
Tanggu China / AF546095, AF546096
AC144, Tunisia, North Africa / AY545542, AY549441
OUC66 “hd4”, China / (2005) / DQ116741 / DQ173086
OUC38 “hd3”, China / (2005) / DQ116740 / DQ173085
OUC36 “hd2”, China / (2005) / DQ116739 / DQ173084
OUC21 “hd1”, China / (2005) / DQ116738 / DQ173083
9802, China ? / (2007) / EF695405
“hd5”, Inner-Mongolia / (2005) / DQ116742 / DQ173087
Dunaliella viridis (González et al, 1999, 2000, Borowitzka and Siva, 2007) / UTEX200 / Brackish; dirty salt lake, Soviet Union / Mainx / AF313422, AF313423 / DQ313197
Dunaliella bardawil nomen nudum Ben-Amotz & Avron / Dunaliella salina (Borowitzka and Siva, 2007) / ATCC30861 / Marine; salt pond near Bardawil lagoon, North Sinai, Israel / Ben-Amotz & Avron (1976) / AF313430, AF313431
Dunaliella salina (Borowitzka and Siva, 2007) / UTEX2538 / Marine; salt pond near Bardawil lagoon, North Sinai, Israel / Ben-Amotz & Avron (1978) / DQ377085 / DQ313194
Dunaliellaparva Lerche / Dunaliella viridis (Cifuentes et al. 2001, González et al. 1999, 2001, 2009) / UTEX1983 / Dead Sea / (1973) / AF313440, AF313441 / AJ001877
Dunaliella tertiolecta (González et al. 2001, 2009), Dunaliella quartolecta (Borowitzka and Siva, 2007) / CCAP19/9 / Brackish; salt marsh, Northey Island, Essex, England / Butcher (1956) / AF313438, AF313439
Dunaliella tertiolecta (González et al. 2001, 2009) / CCMP362 / unknown / Gold / AF313436, AF313437
Dunaliellapseudosalina Masjuk & Radcenko / CONC 010 / Salar de Atacama, Chile / Cifuentes (1990) / AF313420, AF313421
Section Viridis (Halophilic species. Optimum salinity >6% NaCl. Cells always green. Do not accumulate carotenes. Cells radially symmetrical)
Dunaliellabioculata Butcher / UTEX199 / Brackish; salt lake, Soviet Union / Mainx / DQ182330, DQ157433 / DQ313195
Dunaliellaviridis Teodoresco / CONC002 / Salar de Atacama, Chile / Cifuentes (1990) / AF313418, AF313419 / DQ313206
DCCBC4 / Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA / Unknown / AY686682, AY686685
Section Peirceinae ((Halophilic species. Optimum salinity >6% NaCl. Cells always green. Do not accumulate carotenes. Cells bilaterally symmetrical)
Dunaliellapercei Nicolai & Baas-Becking / Dunaliella tertiolecta (González et al. 2001, 2009) / UTEX 2192 / Brackish; California, USA / Nicolai (1931) / AF313442, AF313443 / DQ313196
Outgroup
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / CCAP11/32D / Soil; Amherst, Massachusetts, USA / Smith / AJ749636 / J01399