Physiological, biochemical, and molecular characters for the taxonomy of the subgenera of scenedesmus (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta)

Botanica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 244-250

  Kessler, E ^a   Schäfer, Michaela ^a   Hümmer, Carola ^a   Kloboucek, Annette ^a   Huss, V A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

185 rRNA phylogeny; Chlorella fusca; Desmodesmus; DNA base composition; DNA DNA hybridization; Hydrogenase; Kermatia pupukensis; Scenedesmus; Secondary carotenoids; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA' FUSCA; ACUTODESMUS; ALGAE; CHLOROCOCCALES; CHLOROPHYTA; DESMODESMUS; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS; SCENEDESMUS PUPUKENSIS; SCENEDESMUS VACUOLATUS;

EID: 17044445077     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00636.x     Document Type: Article

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