Morphology and molecular evaluation of iphinoe spelaeobios gen. nov., sp. nov. and Loriellopsis cavernicola gen. nov., sp. nov., two stigonematalean cyanobacteria from Greek and Spanish caves

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2907-2915

  Lamprinou, V ^a   Hernandez Marine M ^b   Canals, T ^b   Kormas, K ^c   Economou Amilli, A ^a   Pantazidou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GREECE; IPHINOE SPELAEOBIOS; LORIELLOPSIS CAVERNICOLA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPAIN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CAVES; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GREECE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPAIN;

EID: 83055170080     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.029223-0     Document Type: Article

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