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Eukaryota > Stramenopiles

Preferred term

Stramenopiles  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Heterokont
  • Heterokonts

Note

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Scope note

  • A common name (but used formally) for a group of organisms that are mostly kinds of algae including BACILLARIOPHYTA; OOMYCETES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; and CHRYSOPHYCEAE. They all contain CHLOROPLASTS that are thought to have been derived from the endosymbiosis of ancient RED ALGAE.

History note

  • 2011

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058009

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