Green algae in soil: assessing their biodiversity and biogeography with molecular-phylogenetic methods based on cultures

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Green algae in soil: assessing their biodiversity and biogeography with molecular-phylogenetic methods based on cultures Dissertation zur Erlangung des mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Doktorgrades "Doctor rerum naturalium" der Georg-

Freshwater ‘microcroissants’ shed light on a novel higher-level clade within Trebouxiophyceae and reveal the genusChlorolobionas a trebouxiophyte

“…A notable example is the recently described semi-aerophytic crescent-shaped Thorsmoerkia curvula, which was not assigned to any of the existing orders or clades and allegedly lacked sequenced close relatives (Nicoletti et al, 2021). Another example of an enigmatic and phylogenetically unresolved lineage is represented by a Navicula-shaped coccoid alga (strain SAG 2477) isolated from soil in Germany, provisionally considered a candidate new species in a new genus in a PhD thesis (Hodač, 2015).…”