Characterization of a marine cyanobacterium that bores into carbonates and the redescription of the genus mastigocoleus

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 740-749

  Ramírez Reinat, Edgardo L ^a   Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boring; Carbonates; Cyanobacterium; Heterocystous; Marine; Mastigocoleus; Rivulariaceae

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; MASTIGOCOLEUS; MASTIGOCOLEUS TESTARUM; NOSTOCALES; RIVULARIACEAE; STIGONEMATALES;

EID: 84861723775     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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