Development of specific rRNA probes to distinguish between geographic clades of the Alexandrium tamarense species complex

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-204

  John, Uwe ^a   Medlin, Linda K ^a   Groben, René ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RNA; TAXONOMY; TOXIC ORGANISM;

ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA; ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSE; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; CATENELLA;

EID: 14644424590     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh160     Document Type: Article

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