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Chlorophyceae
The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. They are usually green due to the dominance of pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. The chloroplast may be discoid, plate-like, reticulate, cup-shaped, spiral or ribbon shaped in different species. Most of the members have one or more storage bodies called pyrenoids located in the chloroplast. Pyrenoids contain protein besides starch. Some green algae may store food in the form of oil droplets. They usually have a cell wall made up of an inner layer of cellulose and outer layer of pectose. General characteristics * the body may be unicellular, colonial, filamentous or multicellular. * They are usually green due to the presence of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b and beta-carotene. * The chloroplast may be discoid, cup-shaped (e.g. ''Chlamydomonas''), spiral or ribbon shaped * Most chlorophytes have one or more storage bodies called pyrenoids (central prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaetopeltidales
Chaetopeltidales are an order of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. They are usually green due to the dominance of pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. The chloroplast may be discoid, p .... References External links Chlorophyta orders {{Chlorophyceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oedogoniales
The Oedogoniales are an order of filamentous freshwater green algae of the class Chlorophyceae. The order is well-defined and has several unique features, including asexual reproduction with zoospores that possess stephanokont flagella: numerous short flagella arranged in a subapical whorl. The oedogoniales have a highly specialized type of oogamy, and an elaborate method of cell division which results in the accumulation of apical caps. The order comprises one family, Oedogoniaceae, with three genera. Some common features among these genera may be obscure. The hairs of ''Bulbochaete'' and the heterotrichous system ''Oedocladium'' are similar to Chaetophorales, with which they may share a distant relationship. Of the genus Oedogonium' there are over 330 species, about 70 species of ''Bulbochaete'', and 10 species of ''Oedocladium''. More than half of these species are known to North America.Tiffany, L. H. (1955). ''Geographic Distribution of the North American Species of the Oe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Alga
The green algae (singular: green alga) are a group consisting of the Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister which contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta. The land plants (Embryophytes) have emerged deep in the Charophyte alga as sister of the Zygnematophyceae. Since the realization that the Embryophytes emerged within the green algae, some authors are starting to properly include them. The completed clade that includes both green algae and embryophytes is monophyletic and is referred to as the clade Viridiplantae and as the kingdom Plantae. The green algae include unicellular and colonial flagellates, most with two flagella per cell, as well as various colonial, coccoid and filamentous forms, and macroscopic, multicellular seaweeds. There are about 22,000 species of green algae. Many species live most of their lives as single cells, while other species form coenobia (colonies), long filaments, or highly differentiated macroscopic seaweeds. A few other organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunaliellaceae
Dunaliellaceae is a family of algae in the order Chlamydomonadales.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Dunaliellaceae Data extracted from the Genera As accepted by GBIF; * '' Aulacomonas'' (1) * ''Dunaliella'' (5) * '' Hafniomonas'' (2) * '' Phyllocardium'' (1) * ''Polytomella ''Polytomella'' is a genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and b ...'' (3) * '' Quadrichloris'' (1) * '' Spermatozopsis'' (1) Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus. Uncertain genera, (with no listed species); ''Apiochloris'' , ''Chloronephris'' , ''Hyaliella'' , ''Hyalocardium'' , ''Medusochloris'' , ''Papenfussiomonas'' , ''Platella'' , ''Silvamonas'' and ''Ulochloris'' References Chlorophyceae families Chlamydomonadales {{Chlorophyceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunaliella
''Dunaliella'' is a single-celled, photosynthetic green alga, that is characteristic for its ability to outcompete other organisms and thrive in hypersaline environments. It is mostly a marine organism, though there are a few freshwater species that tend to be more rare. It is a genus in which certain species can accumulate relatively large amounts of β-carotenoids and glycerol in very harsh growth conditions consisting of high light intensities, high salt concentrations, and limited oxygen and nitrogen levels, yet is still very abundant in lakes and lagoons all around the world. It becomes very complicated to distinguish and interpret species of this genus on simply a morphological and physiological level due to the organism's lack of cell wall that allows it to have malleability and change shape and its different pigments that allows it to change colours depending on the environmental conditions. Molecular phylogeny analysis has become a critical protocol in discovering the ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaetophorales
Chaetophorales is an order of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae The Chlorophyceae are one of the classes of green algae, distinguished mainly on the basis of ultrastructural morphology. They are usually green due to the dominance of pigments chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. The chloroplast may be discoid, p .... Families * '' Aphanochaetaceae'' Oltmanns * '' Barrancaceae'' Caisová et al. * '' Chaetophoraceae'' Greville * '' Fritschiellaceae'' Caisová & Melkonian * '' Schizomeridaceae'' G.M.Smith * '' Uronemataceae'' Caisová et al. References Chlorophyta orders {{Chlorophyceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphaeropleales
Sphaeropleales is an order of green algae that used to be called Chlorococcales. The order includes some of the most common freshwater planktonic algae such as ''Scenedesmus'' and ''Pediastrum''. The Spaeropleales includes vegetatively non-motile unicellular or colonial taxa that have biflagellate zoospores with flagella that are directly opposed in direction (the DO arrangement): ''Sphaeroplea'', '' Atractomorpha'', '' Neochloris'', ''Hydrodictyon'', and ''Pediastrum''. All of these taxa have basal body core connections. With an increase in the number of taxa for which sequence data are available, there is evidence of an expanded DO clade that includes additional zoosporic ('' Bracteacoccus'', '' Schroederia'') and some strictly autosporic genera such as ''Ankistrodesmus'', ''Scenedesmus'', '' Selenastrum'', and ''Monoraphidium ''Monoraphidium'' is a genus of green algae in the family Selenastraceae.See the NCBI The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlamydomonadales
Chlamydomonadales, also known as Volvocales, are an order of flagellated or pseudociliated green algae, specifically of the Chlorophyceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on Chlamydomonadales Data extracted from the Chlamydomonadales can form planar or spherical colonies. These vary from ''Gonium'' (four to 32 cells) up to ''Volvox'' (500 cells or more). Each cell has two flagella, and is similar in appearance to ''Chlamydomonas'', with the flagella throughout the colony moving in coordination. Both asexual and sexual reproduction occur. In the former, cells divide until they form new colonies, which are then released. In the smaller forms, typically all cells are involved, but larger forms have anterior vegetative and posterior reproductive cells. Sexual reproduction varies from isogamy (both genders produce flagellated gametes of equal size) to oogamy (one gender produces a much larger, nonmotile gamete). The classification of the Chlamydomonadales varies. Very often they are taken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlorococcum
''Chlorococcum'' is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorococcaceae. The alga may be useful in the flocculation of lipids from wastewater. Species , AlgaeBase accepted the following species: *'' Chlorococcum acidum'' P.A.Archibald & Bold *'' Chlorococcum aegyptiacum'' P.A.Archibald *'' Chlorococcum aerium'' (R.M.Brown & Bold) Wanatabe & Lewis *'' Chlorococcum africanum'' Reinsch *'' Chlorococcum amblystomatis'' (F.D.Lambert ex N.Wille) N.Correia, J.Varela & Leonel Pereira *'' Chlorococcum aquaticum'' P.A.Archibald *'' Chlorococcum botryoides'' (Kützing) Rabenhorst *'' Chlorococcum chlorococcoides'' (Korshikov) Philipose *''Chlorococcum choloepodis ''Chlorococcum'' is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorococcaceae. The alga may be useful in the flocculation of lipids from wastewater. Species , AlgaeBase accepted the following species: *'' Chlorococcum acidum'' P.A.Archibald & Bold ...'' (J.Kühn) D.E.Wujek & P.Timpano *'' Chlorococcum citriforme'' P.A.Archibald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flagella
A flagellum (; ) is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many protists with flagella are termed as flagellates. A microorganism may have from one to many flagella. A gram-negative bacterium ''Helicobacter pylori'' for example uses its multiple flagella to propel itself through the mucus lining to reach the stomach epithelium, where it may cause a gastric ulcer to develop. In some bacteria the flagellum can also function as a sensory organelle, being sensitive to wetness outside the cell. Across the three domains of Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryota the flagellum has a different structure, protein composition, and mechanism of propulsion but shares the same function of providing motility. The Latin word means " whip" to describe its lash-like swimming motion. The flagellum in archaea is called the archaellum to note its difference from the bacterial flagellum. Eukaryoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AlgaeBase
AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass. History AlgaeBase began in March 1996, founded by Michael Guiry. Text was copied from this source, which is available under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)licence. (Sehere. By 2005, the database contained about 65,000 names. In 2013, AlgaeBase and the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) signed an end-user license agreement regarding the Electronic Intellectual Property of AlgaeBase. This allows the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) to include taxonomic names of algae in WoRMS, thereby allowing WoRMS, as part of the Aphia database, to make its overview of all described marine species more complete. Synchronisation of the AlgaeBase data with Aphia and WoRMS was undertaken manually until March 2015, but this was very time-consuming, so an online application was developed to semi-automate the synchronisation, launching in 2015 in conju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
