Two different species of Euglena, E. Geniculata and E. myxocylindracea (Euglenophyceae), are virtually genetically and morphologically identical

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1190-1199

  Zakryś, Bozena ^a   Milanowski, Rafal ^a   Empel, Joanna ^a   Borsuk, Piotr ^a   Gromadka, Robert ^b   Kwiatowski, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; 18S rDNA; Chloroplasts; Euglena geniculata; Euglena myxocylindracea; ITS2; Molecular phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EUGLENA; EUGLENA GENICULATA; EUGLENA MYXOCYLINDRACEA; EUGLENIDA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036916342     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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