Taxonomic study of Asterococcus (Chlorophyceae) based on comparative morphology and rbcL gene sequences

Phycologia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 711-721

  Nakazawa, Atsushi ^a,b   Yamada, Toshihiro ^a,c   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASTERIAS; ASTEROCOCCUS; ASTEROCOCCUS KORSCHIKOFFII; ASTEROCOCCUS PAPILLATUS; ASTEROCOCCUS SUPERBUS; ASTEROIDEA; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DENDROIDEA; EUKARYOTA; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 11844270534     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-43-6-711.1     Document Type: Article

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