Diversity within the current algal species Prototheca zopfii: A proposal for two Prototheca zopfii genotypes and description of a novel species, Prototheca blaschkeae sp. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1419-1425

  Roesler, Uwe ^a   Möller, Asia ^a   Hensel, Andreas ^a,b   Baumann, Daniela ^a   Truyen, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 18S;

ALGA; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA BLASCHKEAE; CHLORELLA ZOPFII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; MASTITIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; INFECTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOTHECA;

ALGAE; BOS TAURUS; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII;

EID: 33745319521     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63892-0     Document Type: Article

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