Next-Generation Sequencing of an 88-Year-Old Specimen of the Poorly Known Species Liagora japonica (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) Supports the Recognition of Otohimella gen. nov.

Next-Generation Sequencing of an 88-Year-Old Specimen of the Poorly Known Species Liagora japonica (Nemaliales, Rhodophyta) Supports the Recognition of Otohimella gen. nov.

Liagora japonica is a red algal species distributed in temperate regions of Japan. This species has not been collected from its type locality on the Pacific coast of Japan since 1927 and seems to have become extinct in this area. For molecular characterization of L. japonica, we extracted DNA from t...

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Main Authors: Masahiro Suzuki, Takahiro Segawa, Hiroshi Mori, Ayumi Akiyoshi, Ryo Ootsuki, Akira Kurihara, Hidetoshi Sakayama, Taiju Kitayama, Tsuyoshi Abe, Kazuhiro Kogame, Hiroshi Kawai, Hisayoshi Nozaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4936710?pdf=render

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