Intersection of Chlorella, Muriella and Bracteacoccus: Resurrecting the genus Chromochloris Kol et Chodat (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Fottea

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-93

  Fučíková, Karolina ^a   Lewis, Louise A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

18S; Bracteacoccus cinnabarinus; Cryptic taxa; ITS; RbcL; TufA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856743112     PISSN: 18025439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/fot.2012.007     Document Type: Article

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