Phylogenetic analysis and a review of the history of the accidental phytoplankter, Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin (Bacillariophyta).

The diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has been used as a model for cell biologists and ecologists for over a century. We have incorporated several new raphid pennates into a three gene phylogenetic dataset (SSU, rbcL, psbC), and recover Gomphonemopsis sp. as sister to P. tricornutum with 100% BS supp...

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Main Authors: Jamal S M Sabir, Edward C Theriot, Schonna R Manning, Abdulrahman L Al-Malki, Mohammad A Khiyami, Areej K Al-Ghamdi, Mumdooh J Sabir, Dwight K Romanovicz, Nahid H Hajrah, Abdelfatteh El Omri, Robert K Jansen, Matt P Ashworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5993285?pdf=render