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Stramenopiles

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_33634


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definition

The stramenopiles (Heterokonta) are one of the phylogenetic groups of eukaryotes and include organisms as diverse as unicellular and multicellular algae, fungus-like cells, and parasitic and free-living flagellates.

definition citation

Patterson, D. J. 1989. Stramenopiles: chromophytes from a protistan perspective, p. 357-379. In J. C. Green, B. S. C. Leadbeater, and W. L. Diver (ed.), Chromophyte algae: problems and perspectives. Clarendon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.

has exact synonym

heterokonts

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Laura Huerta

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