Ultrastructure and phylogenetic relationships of the unicellular green algae Ignatius tetrasporus and Pseudocharacium americanum (Chlorophyta)

Phycological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Watanabe, Shin ^a   Nakayama, Takeshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyta; Ignatius; Phylogeny; Pseudocharacium; Ultrastructure; Ulvophyceae

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; SPORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORALES; IGNATIUS; IGNATIUS TETRASPORUS; PSEUDOCHARACIUM; PSEUDOCHARACIUM AMERICANUM; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33846930816     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2006.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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