Scytonematopsis contorta sp. nov. (Nostocales), a new species from the Hawaiian Islands

Fottea

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-161

  Vaccarino, Melissa A ^a   Johansen, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S 23S ITS; Calothrix; Cyanobacteria; Hawaii; Oahu; Rivularia; Scytonema; Scytonemataceae; Scytonematopsis; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959692449     PISSN: 18025439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/fot.2011.015     Document Type: Article

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