Time to regulate microbial eukaryote nomenclature

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-476

  Lahr, Daniel J G ^a   Lara, Enrique ^b   Mitchell, Edward A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algae; Biological names; Codes; Integrative taxonomy; Protistan; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ALGA; EUKARYOTE; GUIDELINE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84867668691     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01962.x     Document Type: Review

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