Parachloroidium gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), a novel genus of coccoid green algae from subaerial corticolous biofilms

Phycologia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 411-421

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

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Green algae; Subaerial algae; Taxonomy; Trebouxiophyceae; Watanabea clade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883720604     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/13-142.2     Document Type: Article

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