A Parachlorella kessleri (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) strain from an extremely acidic geothermal pond in Argentina

Phycologia

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 413-421

  Juárez, Ángela Beatriz ^a   Vélez, Carlos Guillermo ^a   Iñiguez, Abril R ^b   Martínez, Daniel E ^b   Rodríguez, María Cecilia ^a   Vigna, María Susana ^c,d   De Molina, María Del Carmen Ríos ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Chlorella kessleri; Chlorellaceae; Geothermal acidic environment; Molecular phylogeny; Parachlorella kessleri; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOIDEA; PARACHLORELLA; PARACHLORELLA KESSLERI; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79960434363     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/10-79.1     Document Type: Article

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