Patterns of asexual reproduction in Nannochloris bacillaris and Marvania geminata (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)

Planta

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 917-927

  Yamamoto, Maki ^a   Nishikawa, Toshikazu ^b   Kajitani, Hiroyuki ^b   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autosporulation; Binary fission; Budding; Cell wall; Marvania; Nannochloris

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CELL CYCLE; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ALGAE, GREEN; CELL CYCLE; CELL WALL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; MARVANIA; MARVANIA GEMINATA; NANNOCHLORIS; NANNOCHLORIS BACILLARIS; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34548025579     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0538-7     Document Type: Article

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