Evidence for sexual reproduction and zoospore formation in Botryosphaerella sudetica UTEX 2629, previously assigned to the genus Botryococcus (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Nova Hedwigia

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Přibyl, Pavel ^a   Cepák, Vladislav ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOCOCCUS; BOTRYOCOCCUS SP. UTEX 2629; BOTRYOCOCCUS SUDETICUS; CHLOROCOCCALES; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 35348878591     PISSN: 00295035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2007/0085-0063     Document Type: Article

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