Morphological and molecular identification of a strain of the unicellular green alga Dunaliella sp. isolated from Tarquinia Salterns

Transitional Waters Bulletin

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 60-70

  Tempesta, S ^a   Paoletti, M ^a   Pasqualetti, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

18S rDNAs; Dunaliella; Internal transcribed spacer; PCR; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887099896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1825229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229Xv4n2p60     Document Type: Article

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