Morphology and ultrastructure of Interfilum and Klebsormidium (Klebsormidiales, Streptophyta) with special reference to cell division and thallus formation

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 395-412

  Mikhailyuk, Tatiana ^a,b   Holzinger, Andreas ^c   Massalski, Andrzej ^d   Karsten, Ulf ^b  

^a M G KHOLODNY INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Interfilum; Klebsormidium; molecular phylogeny; morphological characters; sporulation like type of cell division; Streptophyta; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GEL; GERM CELL; MORPHOLOGY; SPORULATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

KLEBSORMIDIALES; KLEBSORMIDIUM; STREPTOPHYTA;

EID: 84916882304     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2014.949308     Document Type: Article

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