Ssu rRNA gene phylogeny of morphospecies affiliated to the bioassay alga "selenastrum capricornutum" recovered the polyphyletic origin of crescent-shaped chlorophyta

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 880-893

  Krienitz, Lothar ^a   Bock, Christina ^a   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^b   Wolf, Matthias ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kirchneriella; Neocystis mucosa sp. nov.; Nephrochlamys; Raphidocelis; Rhombocystis; Selenastrum; SSU rRNA gene phylogeny; Taxonomy; Tetranephris; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANKISTRODESMUS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOIDEA; ELLIPTOCHLORIS; KIRCHNERIELLA; MONORAPHIDIUM; NEOCYSTIS; NEPHROCHLAMYS; RAPHIDOCELIS; RAPHIDOCELIS SUBCAPITATA; SELENASTRACEAE; SELENASTRUM; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; WATANABEA;

EID: 79960704237     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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