Characterization of freshwater benthic biofilm-forming Hydrocoryne (Cyanobacteria) isolates from Antarctica

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1142-1153

  Genuário, Diego Bonaldo ^a   Corrêa, Débora Machado ^b   Komárek, Jiří ^c,d   Fiore, Marli Fátima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Anabaena; nifH gene; Phylogeny; Polar freshwater

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYDROCORYNE;

EID: 84889690929     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12124     Document Type: Article

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