Reconsideration of the taxonomy of ellipsoidal species of Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), with establishment of Watanabea gen. nov.

Phycological Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 221-229

  Hanagata, Nobutaka ^a   Karube, Isao ^a   Chihara, Mitsuo ^b   Silva, Paul C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorella saccharophila; Ellipsoidal species of Chlorella; Pyrenoid lacking Chlorella like algae; Watanabea gen. et sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

'CHLORELLA' SACCHAROPHILA; ALGAE; CHLORELLA SACCHAROPHILA; CHLORELLA-LIKE ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; WATANABEA; WATANABEA RENIFORMIS;

EID: 0032460169     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.1998.tb00117.x     Document Type: Article

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