Species relationships in the lichen alga Trebouxia (chlorophyta, trebouxiophyceae): Molecular phylogenetic analyses of nuclear-encoded large subunit rRNA gene sequences

Symbiosis

Volumn 23, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 125-148

  Friedl, Thomas ^a   Rokitta, Claudia ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Green algae; Large subunit (26S) rRNA; Lichen algae; Lichens; Molecular phylogeny; Small subunit (18S) rRNA; Taxonomy; Trebouxia; Trebouxiophyceae

Indexed keywords

TREBOUXIA;

EID: 0030715059     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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