Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic position of Chlorella-like isolates from low pH environments (pH < 3.0)

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Huss, Volker A R ^a   Ciniglia, Claudia ^b   Cennamo, Paola ^b   Cozzolino, Salvatore ^b   Pinto, Gabriele ^b   Pollio, Antonino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'CHLORELLA' SACCHAROPHILA; ALGAE; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES VAR. ACIDICOLA; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CHLORELLA SACCHAROPHILA; CHLOROPHYTA; NANNOCHLORIS; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; VIRIDIELLA FRIDERICIANA;

EID: 2942616960     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-2-13     Document Type: Article

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