Chlorella autotrophica

Chlorella autotrophica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: Chlorellaceae
Genus: Chlorella
Species:
C. autotrophica
Binomial name
Chlorella autotrophica
Shihira & R.W.Krauss

Chlorella autotrophica, or Chlorella sp. (580), is a species of euryhaline, unicellular microalga in the Division Chlorophyta. It is found in brackish waters and was first isolated in 1956 by Ralph A. Lewin.[1] The species is defined by its inability to use organic carbon as a food source, making the species an obligate autotroph.[2] It is sometimes considered a variety of Chlorella vulgaris.[3]

  1. ^ Lewin, Ralph (1956). "Extracellular polysaccharides of green algae". Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 7 (2): 665–672. doi:10.1139/m56-079.
  2. ^ Krauss, Robert W; Shihira, Ikurio (1965). Chlorella: Physiology and taxonomy of forty-one isolates. University of Maryland. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Algaebase". Retrieved 30 June 2014.

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