One step closer to eliminating the nomenclatural problems of minute coccoid green algae: Pseudochloris wilhelmii, gen. et sp. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 427-436

  Somogyi, Boglárka ^a   Felföldi, Tamás ^b   Solymosi, Katalin ^b   Flieger, Kerstin ^c   Márialigeti, Károly ^b   Böddi, Béla ^b   Vörös, Lajos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene analysis; brackish; Chlorella; coccoid chlorophytes; green algae; marine; Nannochloris; picoeukaryote; Pseudochloris wilhelmii; taxonomic revision

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CRYOPRESERVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GREEN ALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPORULATION; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 84890570926     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2013.854411     Document Type: Article

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