Biology:Picochlorum

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Short description: Genus of green algae

Picochlorum
Scientific classification e
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Incertae sedis/Chlorellales
Genus: Picochlorum
W.J.Henley et al., nom. illegit.[1]
Species[1]
  • Picochlorum atomus (Butcher) Henley, Hironaka, Guillou, M.Buchheim, J.Buchheim, M.Fawley & K.Fawley
  • Picochlorum maculatum (Butcher) Henley, Hironaka, Guillou, M.Buchheim, J.Buchheim, M.Fawley & K.Fawley
  • Picochlorum oklahomense Hironaka
  • Picochlorum celeri[2]

Picochlorum is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.[1][3] (As of February 2022), AlgaeBase regarded the name as illegitimate.[1]

It is a native marine microalga fit for cultivation at high growth rates, showing a 2-hour multiplying time in ideal conditions.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Picochlorum". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=47533. 
  2. Krishnan, Anagha; Likhogrud, Maria; Cano, Melissa; Edmundson, Scott J; Melanson, Jenna B.; Huesemann, Michael; McGowen, John; Weissman, Joseph C. et al. (December 2021). "Picochlorum celeri as a model system for robust outdoor algal growth in seawater". Scientific Reports 11 (1): 11649. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-91106-5. PMID 34079003. Bibcode2021NatSR..1111649K. 
  3. Foflonker, Fatima; Ananyev, Gennady; Qiu, Huan; Morrison, Andrenette; Palenik, Brian; Dismukes, G. Charles; Bhattacharya, Debashish (June 2016). "The unexpected extremophile: Tolerance to fluctuating salinity in the green alga Picochlorum" (in en). Algal Research 16: 465–472. doi:10.1016/j.algal.2016.04.003. 
  4. Dahlin, Lukas R.; Gerritsen, Alida T.; Henard, Calvin A.; Van Wychen, Stefanie; Linger, Jeffrey G.; Kunde, Yuliya; Hovde, Blake T.; Starkenburg, Shawn R. et al. (2019-10-23). "Development of a high-productivity, halophilic, thermotolerant microalga Picochlorum renovo". Communications Biology (Springer Science and Business Media LLC) 2 (1): 388. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0620-2. ISSN 2399-3642. PMID 31667362. 

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