Variability of Chroococcus (cyanobacteria) morphospecies with regard to phylogenetic relationships

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 639, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-83

  Komárková, Jarka ^a,b,c   Jezberová, Jitka ^a   Komárek, Ondřej ^d,e   Zapomělová, Eliška ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology of the ASCR   (Czech Republic)

^e Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequences; Cell morphology; Chroococcus; Polyphasic approach

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; 16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA SEQUENCES; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELL WIDTH; CONCENTRATION OF; CULTIVATION MEDIA; CULTURE COLLECTION; LIGHT GRADIENTS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIQUID STATE; MOLECULAR METHODS; MORPHO-SPECIES; MORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATION; MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYLOGENETIC GROUPS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; POLYPHASIC; SLOVAK REPUBLIC; WATER MOVEMENTS;

FISH PONDS; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RNA; SODIUM; TAXONOMIES;

CELL CULTURE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DENSITY; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CZECH REPUBLIC; SLOVAKIA;

ALGAE; CHROOCOCCUS; CHROOCOCCUS LIMNETICUS; COCCOIDEA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 75849143871     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0015-3     Document Type: Article

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