Coleofasciculus gen. nov. (Cyanobacteria): Morphological and molecular criteria for revision of the genus Microcoleus Gomont

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1572-1585

  Siegesmund, Maria A ^a,b   Johansen, Jeffrey R ^c   Karsten, Ulf ^d   Friedl, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S 23S internal transcribed spacer; Cyanobacteria; ITS rRNA secondary structure; Microcoleus; Morphology; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS; MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES; MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS; OSCILLATORIACEAE;

EID: 57449114043     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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