''Chlorella pulchelloides'' is a species of
euryhaline
Euryhaline organisms are able to adapt to a wide range of salinities. An example of a euryhaline fish is the molly (''Poecilia sphenops'') which can live in fresh water, brackish water, or salt water.
The green crab (''Carcinus maenas'') is an e ...
, unicellular
microalga
Microalgae or microphytes are microscopic scale, microscopic algae invisible to the naked eye. They are phytoplankton typically found in freshwater and marine life, marine systems, living in both the water column and sediment. They are unicellul ...
in the Division
Chlorophyta
Chlorophyta or Prasinophyta is a taxon of green algae informally called chlorophytes. The name is used in two very different senses, so care is needed to determine the use by a particular author. In older classification systems, it refers to ...
. It is spherical to oval-shaped and is solitary
[Bock, Christina, Lothar Krienitz, and Thomas Proeschold. "Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) using molecular signatures (barcodes), including description of seven new species." Fottea11.2 (2011): 293-312.]
References
Further reading
*Li, Bo, Jia Feng, and Shu-lian Xie. "Morphological and phylogenetic study of algal partners associated with the lichen-forming fungus Porpidia crustulata from the Guancen Mountains, northern China." Symbiosis 61.1 (2013): 37–46.
*Bashan, Yoav, et al. "Chlorella sorokiniana (formerly C. vulgaris) UTEX 2714, a non-thermotolerant microalga useful for biotechnological applications and as a reference strain." Journal of Applied Phycology (2015): 1–9.
External links
AlgaeBase
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