Polyphasic characterization of a thermo-tolerant filamentous cyanobacterium isolated from the Euganean Thermal muds (Padua, Italy)

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-154

  Moro, Isabella ^a   Rascio, Nicoletta ^a   La Rocca, Nicoletta ^a   Sciuto, Katia ^a   Albertano, Patrizia ^b   Bruno, Laura ^b   Andreoli, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; 16S 23S ITS; Cyanobacteria; Morphology; Pigment composition; rbcL; rpoC1; Thermal springs; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOTYPE; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENT; RELATEDNESS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ITALY; PADOVA; PADUA; VENETO;

CYANOBACTERIA; GEITLERINEMA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; PHORMIDIUM LAMINOSUM;

EID: 77953633038     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260903564391     Document Type: Article

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