Taxonomy of the phacus oscillans (euglenaceae) and its close relatives-balancing morphological and molecular features

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-182

  Karnkowska Ishikawa, Anna ^a   Milanowski, Rafał ^a   Kwiatowski, Jan ^a   Zakryś, Bozena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asexual organisms; Euglenaceae; Euglenida; Euglenophyta; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Phacus; RDNA; Sequence variability; Taxonomic revision

Indexed keywords

EUGLENACEAE; EUGLENIDA; PHACUS; PHACUS OSCILLANS; PHACUS PARVULUS; PHACUS PUSILLUS; PHACUS SKUJAE; PHACUS SMULKOWSKIANUS;

EID: 75149174028     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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