Norrisiella sphaerica gen. et sp. nov., a new coccoid chlorarachniophyte from Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 661-670

  Ota, Shuhei ^a,b   Ueda, Kunihiko ^a,b   Ishida, Ken Ichiro ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alga; Autospore; Chlorarachniophyceae; Life cycle; Taxonomy; Time lapse video microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL CYCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGAE; CELL CYCLE; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; SPORES;

ALGAE; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; COCCOIDEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 36448967474     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-007-0115-y     Document Type: Article

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