Picoeukaryotic diversity and distribution in the subtropical-tropical South China Sea

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 563-579

  Wu, Wenxue ^a   Huang, Bangqin ^a   Liao, Yu ^a   Sun, Ping ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Genetic diversity; Picoeukaryotes; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ALVEOLATA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; STRAMENOPILE;

ALVEOLATA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; EUKARYOTA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 84908375092     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12357     Document Type: Article

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