Chlorella variabilis and Micractinium reisseri sp. nov. (Chlorellaceae, Trebouxiophyceae): Redescription of the endosymbiotic green algae of Paramecium bursaria (Peniculia, Oligohymenophorea) in the 120th year

Phycological Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 188-201

  Hoshina, Ryo ^a   Iwataki, Mitsunori ^c   Imamura, Nobutaka ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacy   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorella variabilis; ITS2; Micractinium reisseri; Paramecium bursaria; Species concept

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; SPECIES CONCEPT; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; MICRACTINIUM; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA; PENICULIA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; ZOOCHLORELLA;

EID: 77954153681     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2010.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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