Leptochlorella corticola gen. et sp. nov. and Kalinella apyrenoidosa sp. nov.: Two novel Chlorella-like green microalgae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) from subaerial habitats

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 377-387

  Neustupa, Jiří ^a   Němcová, Yvonne ^a   Veselá, Jana ^a   Steinová, Jana ^a   Škaloud, Pavel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BARK; CHLORELLA; CHLOROPLAST; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; HABITAT; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; KALINELLA APYRENOIDOSA; LEPTOCHLORELLA CORTICOLA; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHLOROPHYTA; CUPRESSUS; DNA, ALGAL; LAURUS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT BARK; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SLOVENIA;

ALGAE; BAMBUSICOLA; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; COCCOIDEA; FUNGI; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; WATANABEA;

EID: 84872479992     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.047944-0     Document Type: Article

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