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Phylogenetic comparison of the cyanobacterial genera Anabaena and Aphanizomenon.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Sept 2002
Gugger Muriel, Lyra Christina, Henriksen Peter, Couté Alain, Humbert Jean-François, Sivonen Kaarina
Abstract excerpt
Morphological analysis and sequencing of the 165 rRNA gene, the spacer region of the ribosomal operon (ITS1) and the rbcLX (RubisCO) region was performed on 26 Anabaena strains and 14 Aphanizomenon strains isolated from several lakes in Denmark, Finland and France. Based on their morphology, Anabaena strains differed from strains of Aphanizomenon: the vegetative cells, heterocysts and akinetes were significantly...
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