Prasinoderma singularis sp. nov. (Prasinophyceae, Chlorophyta), a solitary coccoid prasinophyte from the South-East Pacific Ocean

Protist

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-84

  Jouenne, Fabien ^a,b   Eikrem, Wenche ^a,c   Le Gall, Florence ^b   Marie, Dominique ^b   Johnsen, Geir ^d   Vaulot, Daniel ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Binary fission; Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE SEM); Picoplankton; Prasinoderma; Prasinophyceae; Taxonomy.

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHLOROPHYTA; GENOME, PLANT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOIDEA; PRASINODERMA; PRASINODERMA COLONIALE; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78650415391     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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