Ultrastructure, pigment composition, and 18S rRNA gene sequence for Nannochloropsis granulata sp. nov. (Monodopsidaceae, Eustigmatophyceae), a marine ultraplankter isolated from the Skagerrak, northeast Atlantic Ocean

Phycologia

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-260

  Karlson, B ^a   Potter, D ^b   Kuylenstierna, M ^a   Andersen, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

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EID: 0002967332     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-35-3-253.1     Document Type: Article

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