Diversity of edible cladophora (cladophorales, chlorophyta) in northern and northeastern Thailand, based on morphology and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences

• Main Authors: Sorrachat Thiamdao, Ga Hun Boo, Sung Min Boo, Yuwadee Peerapornpisal
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Materials Science; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84870212415&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51331
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Edible Cladophora, known as "kai" in northern Thailand, is an economically and ecologically important green algal genus. Although Cladophora has been the focus of many systematic studies, there is an urgent need for taxonomic re-evaluation of kai. We collected 19 isolates of kai from 25 si...