Hemiflagellochloris kazakhstanica gen. et sp. nov.: A new coccoid green alga with flagella of considerably unequal lengths from a saline irrigation land in Kazakhstan (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 696-706

  Watanabe, Shin ^a   Tsujimura, Shigeo ^b   Misono, Takahiro ^a   Nakamura, Shogo ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyceae; Flagella; Green algae; Hemiflagellochloris; Kazakhstan; Unequal lengths

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLAGELLATE; GREEN ALGA; IRRIGATION; PHYLOGENETICS; SALINITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ILI RIVER; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 33744482838     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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