Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of the Freshwater Green Microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. nov., Ulvophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-129

  Škaloud, Pavel ^a   Kalina, Tomáš ^a   Nemjová, Katarína ^a   De Clerck, Olivier ^b   Leliaert, Frederik ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlorochytrium; Chlorophyceae; Chloroplast; Kentrosphaera; Phylogeny; Scotinosphaera; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure; Ulvophyceae

Indexed keywords

ACROSIPHONIA; ALGAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; COCCOIDEA; KENTROSPHAERA; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84873737363     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12021     Document Type: Article

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