Polyphyly of Chaetophora and Stigeoclonium within the chaetophorales (Chlorophyceae), revealed by sequence comparisons of nuclear-encoded SSU rRNA genes

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 164-177

  Caisová, Lenka ^a,b   Marin, Birger ^c   Sausen, Nicole ^c   Pröschold, Thomas ^d   Melkonian, Michael ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Aphanochaete; Caespitella; Chaetophora; Chaetophorales; Draparnaldia; Fritschiella; Phylogeny; Polyphyly; Stigeoclonium

Indexed keywords

APHANOCHAETACEAE; APHANOCHAETE; CHAETOPHORA (GREEN ALGA); CHAETOPHORA ELEGANS; CHAETOPHORACEAE; CHAETOPHORALES; CHLOROPHYCEAE; DRAPARNALDIA; FRITSCHIELLA; LOBATA; SCHIZOMERIDACEAE; STIGEOCLONIUM; STIGEOCLONIUM FARCTUM; STIGEOCLONIUM TENUE; URONEMA (CHLOROPHYCEAN ALGA);

EID: 79951746314     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00949.x     Document Type: Article

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