Revision of the genus Ulvella (Ulvellaceae, Ulvophyceae) based on morphology and tufA gene sequences of species in culture, with Acrochaete and Pringsheimiella placed in synonymy

Phycologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-56

  Nielsen, Ruth ^a   Petersen, Gitte ^a   Seberg, Ole ^a   Daugbjerg, Niels ^b   O'Kelly, Charles J ^c   Wysor, Brian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrochaete; Chloroplast encoded tufA gene sequences; Culture studies; Microfilamentous green algae; Ochlochaete; Pringsheimiella; Ulvella; Ulvellaceae

Indexed keywords

ACROCHAETE; ACROCHAETE PARASITICA; ACROCHAETE REPENS; ACROCHAETE VIRIDIS; CHLOROPHYTA; ECTOCHAETE; LEPTOCHAETE; OCHLOCHAETE; OCHLOCHAETE HYSTRIX; PRINGSHEIMIELLA; PRINGSHEIMIELLA SCUTATA; TEREBRANTIA; ULVELLA; ULVELLA SETCHELLII; ULVELLACEAE; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84873054694     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/11-067.1     Document Type: Article

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