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Chlorella pituita

Chlorella pituita is a species of euryhaline, unicellular microalga in the Division Chlorophyta. It is spherical to oval-shaped and is solitary

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Chlorella pituita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: Chlorellaceae
Genus: Chlorella
Species:
C. pituita
Binomial name
Chlorella pituita
Bock, Krienitz & Pröschold, 2011

Chlorella pituita is a species of euryhaline, unicellular microalga in the Division Chlorophyta. It is spherical to oval-shaped and is solitary1

References

References

  1. 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.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Jeffryes, Clayton, et al. "Energy conversion in an internally illuminated annular-plate airlift photobioreactor." Engineering in Life Sciences (2015).
  • 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.