Re-identification of "Oscillatoria simplicissima" isolated from the Vaal River, South Africa, as Planktothrix pseudagardhii

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Conradie, K R ^a   Du Plessis, S ^a   Venter, A ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cyanobacteria; Morphology; Oscillatoria sp.; Phylogeny; Planktothrix sp.

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DATABASE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VAAL RIVER;

CYANOBACTERIA; OSCILLATORIA; OSCILLATORIA SP.; PLANKTOTHRIX; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII CCAP 1460/5; PLANKTOTHRIX PSEUDAGARDHII; PLANKTOTHRIX PSEUDAGARDHII NIVA-CYA 153;

EID: 37249069928     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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