SSU rRNA gene variation resolves population heterogeneity and ecophysiological differentiation within a morphospecies (Stramenopiles, Chrysophyceae)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 171-181

  Pfandl, Karin ^a,d   Chatzinotas, Antonis ^b   Dyal, Patricia ^c   Boenigk, Jens ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOTYPE; FLAGELLATE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; RNA; TAXONOMY; TOLERANCE;

CHRYSOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; SPUMELLA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 61649103533     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0171     Document Type: Article

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