Dunaliella

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Dunaliella

Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Viridiplantae
Phylum:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlamydomonadales
Family:	Dunaliellaceae
Genus:	Dunaliella

Species

D. acidophila
D. bardawil
D. bioculata
D. lateralis
D. maritima
D. minuta
D. parva
D. peircei
D. polymorpha
D. primolecta
D. pseudosalina
D. quartolecta
D. salina
D. sp. 006
D. sp. 336
D. sp. BSF1
D. sp. BSF2
D. sp. BSF3
D. sp. CCMP 1641
D. sp. CCMP 1923
D. sp. CCMP 220
D. sp. CCMP 367
D. sp. FL1
D. sp. hd10
D. sp. SAG19.6
D. sp. SPMO 109-1
D. sp. SPMO 112-1
D. sp. SPMO 112-2
D. sp. SPMO 112-3
D. sp. SPMO 112-4
D. sp. SPMO 128-2
D. sp. SPMO 200-2
D. sp. SPMO 200-3
D. sp. SPMO 200-8
D. sp. SPMO 201-2
D. sp. SPMO 201-3
D. sp. SPMO 201-4
D. sp. SPMO 201-5
D. sp. SPMO 201-6
D. sp. SPMO 201-8
D. sp. SPMO 202-4
D. sp. SPMO 207-3
D. sp. SPMO 210-3
D. sp. SPMO 211-2
D. sp. SPMO 300-4
D. sp. SPMO 300-5
D. sp. SPMO 600-1
D. sp. SPMO 601-1
D. sp. SPMO 980625-1E
D. sp. SPMO 980625-IE
D. sp. SPMO BP3
D. tertiolecta
D. viridis
uncultured Dunaliella sp.

In taxonomy, Dunaliella is a genus of algae, specifically of the Dunaliellaceae.^[1]

Dunaliella sp. are motile, unicellular, rod shaped (9 - 11µm) green algae (Chlorophyceae), which are common in marine waters. The organisms is relatively simple to cultivate and does not clump or form chains.

The best-known species is the halophile Dunaliella salina.

1 References
2 Further reading
- 2.1 Scientific journals
3 External links
- 3.1 Scientific references
- 3.2 Scientific databases

[edit] References

^ See the NCBI webpage on Dunaliella. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.

[edit] Further reading

[edit] Scientific journals

Nozaki H, Onishi K, Morita E (2002). "Differences in pyrenoid morphology are correlated with differences in the rbcL genes of members of the Chloromonas lineage (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae)". J Mol Evol. 55: 414–430. PMID 12355262.