Chloroparva pannonica gen. et sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) - A new picoplanktonic green alga from a turbid, shallow soda pan

Phycologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Somogyi, Boglárka ^a   Felföldi, Tamás ^b   Solymosi, Katalin ^b   Makk, Judit ^b   Homonnay, Zalán Gábor ^b   Horváth, Györgyi ^c   Turcsi, Erika ^c   Böddi, Béla ^b   Márialigeti, Károly ^b   Vörös, Lajos ^a  

^a BALATON LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Chloroparva pannonica; New chlorophyte species; Picoplankton; Turbid soda pan

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA MINUTISSIMA; CHLOROPHYTA; PICOCHLORUM EUKARYOTUM; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79951828708     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/10-08.1     Document Type: Article

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