A unique pseudanabaenalean (cyanobacteria) genus Nodosilinea gen. nov. based on morphological and molecular data

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1397-1412

  Perkerson III, Ralph B ^a   Johansen, Jeffrey R ^b   Kovácik, Lubomir ^c   Brand, Jerry ^d   Kaštovský, Jan ^e   Casamatta, Dale A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; 16S 23S ITS; Cyanobacteria; Halomicronema; Leptolyngbya; Nodosilinea; Pseudanabaenales; RRNA secondary structure; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; HALOMICRONEMA; LEPTOLYNGBYA; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 82955189252     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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