PCR amplification of microalgal DNA for sequencing and species identification: Studies on fixatives and algal growth stages

Harmful Algae

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 375-382

  Godhe, Anna ^a   Anderson, Donald M ^b   Rehnstam Holm, Ann Sofi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate; Dinophyceae; Growth stage; PCR; Preservatives

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DINOFLAGELLATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0242628758     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-9883(02)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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