Pseudoneochloris marina (Chlorophyta), a new coccoid Ulvophycean alga, and its phylogenetic position inferred from morphological and molecular data

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 596-604

  Watanabe, Shin ^a   Himizu, Atsumi ^a   Lewis, Louise A ^b,d   Floyd, Gary L ^c   Fuerst, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal RNA; Flagellar apparatus; Neochloris; Pseudoneochloris; Ultrastructure; Ulvophyceae

Indexed keywords

NEOCHLORIS; PARIETOCHLORIS; PSEUDONEOCHLORIS MARINA; ULOTRICHALES;

EID: 0033865831     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99123.x     Document Type: Article

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