cultivation-independent species identification of Dinobryon species (chrysophyceae) by means of multiplex single-cell PCR

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 901-906

  Jost, Steffen ^a   Medinger, Ralph ^a   Boenigk, Jens ^b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chromalveolates; Chromist; Chrysophyceae; Golden algae; Multiplex single cell PCR; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHROMALVEOLATA; CHROMISTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE; DINOBRYON; DINOBRYON DIVERGENS; PROTISTA;

EID: 77957292949     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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