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<i>Eudorina</i>

Eudorina

Genus of algae

Eudorina is a paraphyletic genus in the volvocine green algae clade.[1] Eudorina colonies consist of 16, 32 or 64 individual cells grouped together. Each individual cell contains flagella which allow the colony to move as a whole when the individual cells beat their flagella together. Description by GM Smith (1920, p 95):[2]

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Description

Eudorina colonies typically consist of 16, 32 or 64 cells, each of which is similar to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. These cells are bedded within an extracellular matrix composed of glycoproteins. Colonies are spherical and motile, with motility derived from the flagellated individual cells. Eudorina is facultatively sexual, meaning colonies can reproduce either sexually or asexually.[3] During development, each Chlamydomonas-like cell undergoes several rounds of division to form plakeas, which then invert to form daughter colonies before hatching out of the mother colony.[4]

Eudorina elegans

References

  1. [1]
    See the NCBI webpage on Eudorina. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. [2]
    Smith, GM. Phytoplankton of Inland Lakes of Wisconsin, Part I, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Madison, WI. (1920).
  3. [3]
    Coleman, AW (2012). "A Comparative Analysis of the Volvocaceae (Chlorophyta)1". Journal of Phycology. 48 (3): 491–513. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01168.x. PMID 27011065. S2CID 422091.
  4. [4]
    Gottlieb; Goldstein (1977). "Colony development in Eudorina elegans". Journal of Phycology. 13: 358–364. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1977.tb02942.x. S2CID 84910450.

introduction

Yamada, T.Y, Miyaja,K. and Nisayoshi, N. 2008. A taxonomic study of Eudorina unicocca (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) and related species, based on morphology and molecular phylogeny. Eur. L.Phycol. 43: 317 - 326.

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