Characterization and phylogenetic position of the enigmatic golden alga Phaeothamnion confervicola: Ultrastructure, pigment composition and partial SSU rDNA sequence

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 286-298

  Andersen, Robert A ^a   Potter, Dan ^a,d   Bidigare, Robert R ^b   Latasa, Mikel ^b,e   Rowan, Kingsley ^c   O'Kelly, Charles J ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Algae; Carotenoids; Chlorophylls; Chrysophyceae; Flagellar apparatus; Heteroxathin; Microtubular roots; Phaeophyceae; Phaeothamnion; Phylogeny; Xanthophyceae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHROMOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PHAEOTHAMNION; PHAEOTHAMNION CONFERVICOLA; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0031982049     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340286.x     Document Type: Article

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