Chlorococcaceae

Chlorococcaceae

Chlorococcaceae

Family of algae

Chlorococcaceae is a family of green algae, in the order Chlamydomonadales.[1] They are mostly soil-dwelling algae.[2] Many members of this group produce lipids and secondary carotenoids.[2]

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The Chlorococcaceae consists mostly of coccoid (single, nonmotile) cells with one parietal or central chloroplast and one or multiple nuclei. The chloroplast contains a single pyrenoid surrounded by a starch envelope. The cell envelope may thicken with age and develop into a mucilaginous stalk in some species.[2] Reproduction consists of zoospores with a cell wall; after they stop swimming, the zoospores retain their shape.[2]

The family Chlorococcaceae is currently under taxonomic revision. Currently, the type genus Chlorococcum is polyphyletic and the status of its type species, Chlorococcum infusionum, is unclear.[2]

List of genera

References

  1. [1]
    Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2023). "Family: Chlorococcaceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. [2]
    Temraleeva, A. D.; Moskalenko, S. V.; Bachura, Yu. M. (2017). "Morphology, ecology, and 18S rDNA phylogeny of the green microalgal order Protosiphonales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Microbiology. 86 (2): 159–169. doi:10.1134/S0026261717020205. S2CID 254840566.

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