Brasilonema angustatum sp. nov. (nostocales), a new filamentous cyanobacterial species from the hawaiian islands

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1178-1186

  Vaccarino, Melissa A ^a   Johansen, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; 16S 23S ITS; Brasilonema; Cyanobacteria; Hawaii; Nostocales; RRNA secondary structure; Scytonemataceae; Tropical

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOCALES; SCYTONEMATACEAE;

EID: 84867226110     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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