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Stramenopiles

J. Craig Bailey
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Containing group: Eukaryotes

References

Leipe, D.D., Wainright, P.O., Gunderson, J.H., Porter, D., Patterson, D.J.,Valois, F., Himmerich, S. and Sogin, M.L. (1994): The stramenopiles from a molecular perspective: 16S-like rRNA sequences from Labyrinthuloides minuta and Cafeteria roenbergensis. Phycologia. 33:369-377.

Patterson, D.J. (1989): Stramenopiles: chromophytes from a protistan perspective. In: Green J.C., Leadbeater B.S.C. and diver W.L. (eds): The chromophyte algae problems and perspectives, pp. 357-379. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

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Scientific Name Cymbella tumida
Acknowledgements Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
Scientific Name Macrocystis integrifolia
Location California, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Macrocystis integrifolia
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2006 Ed Bierman
Scientific Name Saprolegnia sp.
Location Cape Arago State Park, Coos County, Oregon, USA
Comments Not actually a fungus, but a stramenopile, a weirdo stem eukaryote.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Fly fungus (Saprolegnia)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2005 Steve Lew
About This Page

This page is being developed as part of the Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, co-sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity and the Tula Foundation.

J. Craig Bailey
University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to J. Craig Bailey at

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Citing this page:

Bailey, J. Craig. 2010. Stramenopiles. Version 28 April 2010 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Stramenopiles/2380/2010.04.28 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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