Chloropyrula uraliensis gen. et sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new green coccoid alga with a unique ultrastructure, isolated from soil in South Urals

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 476-484

  Gaysina, Lira ^a   Němcová, Yvonne ^b   Škaloud, Pavel ^b   Ševčíková, Tereza ^c   Eliáš, Marek ^b,c  

^a BASHKIR STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chloropyrula uraliensis; green algae; new species; Trebouxiophyceae; ultrastructure; Ural Mountains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880211489     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jse.12014     Document Type: Article

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