Hypersaline soil supports a diverse community of Dunaliella (chlorophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1038-1047

  Buchheim, Mark A ^a   Kirkwood, Andrea E ^b,c   Buchheim, Julie A ^a,d   Verghese, Bindhu ^a,e   Henley, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; 26S rRNA; Dunaliella; Hypersaline; ITS; Phylogeny; RbcL; Salt flat

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYCEAE; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA VIRIDIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 77957310204     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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