Large subunit rDNA and rbcL gene sequence data place Petrohua bernabei gen. et sp. nov. in the Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta), but do not provide further resolution among taxa in this order

Phycological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-112

  Vis, Morgan L ^a   Harper, James T ^b   Saunders, Gary W ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Batrachospermales; Chile; Freshwater; Large subunit rRNA; Molecular systematics; Petrohua; Phylogeny; rbcL; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA; TAXONOMY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BATRACHOSPERMALES; BATRACHOSPERMUM; LEMANEA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 34247392504     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2007.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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