Deep-branching novel lineages and high diversity of haptophytes in the Skagerrak (Norway) uncovered by 454 pyrosequencing

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-140

  Egge, Elianne S ^a   Eikrem, Wenche ^a,b   Edvardsen, Bente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; electron microscopy; environmental sequencing; Haptophyta; high throughput sequencing; Oslofjorden; phylogeny; protist; richness

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MICROALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; NORWAY; OSLOFJORDEN; SKAGERRAK;

HAPTOPHYCEAE; OTUS; PROTISTA; PRYMNESIALES;

ALGAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPTOPHYTA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROALGA; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPTOPHYTA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MICROALGAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 84921905466     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12157     Document Type: Article

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