| Parachlorella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Parachlorella L.Krienitz, E.H.Hegewald, D.Hepperle, V.A.R.Huss, T.Rohr & M.Wolf |
| Type species | |
| Parachlorella beijerinckii L.Krienitz, E.H.Hegewald, D.Hepperle, V.A.R.Huss, T.Rohr & M.Wolf1
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Parachlorella is a genus of green algae in the order Chlorellales.2 The genus Parachlorella is more or less indistinguishable from the similar genus Chlorella using morphological features alone; the two genera differ genetically, and can be identified using their 18S ribosomal RNA.1
Parachlorella consists of solitary, egg-shaped to spherical cells, sometimes covered in a gelatinous layer. The chloroplast is parietal and contains a broadly elliptical pyrenoid sheathed in grains of starch. Reproduction occurs through autospores. It is found in freshwater habitats, or soil.1
References
References
- Krienitz, Lothar; Hegewald, Eberhard H.; Hepperle, Dominik; Huss, Volker A. R.; Rohr, Thomas; Wolf, Matthias (2004). "Phylogenetic relationship of Chlorella and Parachlorella gen. nov. (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)". Phycologia. 43 (5): 529–542. Bibcode:2004Phyco..43..529K. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-43-5-529.1.
- See the NCBI webpage on Parachlorella. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.