Zoosporogenesis, morphology, ultrastructure, pigment composition, and phylogenetic position of trachydiscus minutus (eustigmatophyceae, heterokontophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 231-242

  Přibyl, Pavel ^a   Eliáš, Marek ^b,d   Cepák, Vladislav ^a   Lukavský, Jaromír ^a   Kaštánek, Petr ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c EcoFuel Laboratories Ltd   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Autofluorescence; Goniochloris sculpta; Lipid bodies; Photosynthetic pigments; Phylogeny; Pseudostaurastrum; Trachydiscus minutus; Zoospores

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE; GONIOCHLORIS SCULPTA; MISCHOCOCCALES; PSEUDOSTAURASTRUM; XANTHOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84856419863     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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