Comparison of lichen-forming cyanobacterial and green algal photobionts with free-living algae

Cryptogamie, Algologie

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-100

  Elshobary, Mostafa E ^a,b   Osman, Mohamed E H ^b   Abushady, Atef M ^b   Piercey Normore, Michele D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ITS rDNA; Lichen photobiont; Nostoc; Percoll; trnL gene

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; LEPTOGIUM RIVULARE; NOSTOC;

EID: 84924405444     PISSN: 01811568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7872/crya.v36.iss1.2015.81     Document Type: Article

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