Genome diversity in the smallest marine photosynthetic eukaryotes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 570-577

  Piganeau, Gwenael ^a,b,c   Grimsley, Nigel ^a,b   Moreau, Herve ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mamiellophyceae; Phytoplankton; Picoeukaryote; Species concept

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; SELENOPROTEIN;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; C4 PLANT; CHROMOSOME; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MAMIELLOPHYCEAE; MARINE SPECIES; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MORPHOSPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTREOCOCCUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHLOROPHYTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79959997384     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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