Description of Chloromonas kasaiae sp. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), based on comparative electron microscopy and molecular data

Phycologia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-245

  Matsuzaki, Ryo ^a   Nakada, Takashi ^b   Hara, Yoshiaki ^c   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloromonadinia; Chloromonas kasaiae; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure; Volvocales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877598734     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/12-083.1     Document Type: Article

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