Comparative study of chloroplast morphology and ontogeny in Asterochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)

Abstract

Comparing the chloroplast morphology and ontogeny among five strains of the green alga Asterochloris

Keywords

• Asterochloris
• Trebouxia
• chloroplast morphology
• confocal microscopy
• ITS
• molecular phylogeny
• green lichen algae
• sequence alignment
• trebouxia
• genus
• phycobiont