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- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thephylum Heterokontophyta — a group of yellow-greenalgae .
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The arctic soil and wetland microflora is composed mainly of species from Cyanobacteria, Chrysophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Charophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Zygnemaphyceae.
Implications of current species distributions for future biotic change in the Arctic 2009
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