Dictyochloropsis

Dictyochloropsis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Microthamniales
Genus: Dictyochloropsis
Geitler (1966)
Species
Synonyms
  • Dictyochloropsis Geitler

Dictyochloropsis is a genus of algae of the order Microthamniales.[1]

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Description

Species in this genus are characterized by single uninucleate cells, and asexual reproduction takes place by means of naked zoospores with typical insertion of the flagella.[2][3] Individual species within the genus are distinguished on the basis of chloroplast appearance observed in light- or confocal microscopy.[4]

References

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Dictyochloropsis. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19. 
  2. ^ Tschermak-Woess E. (1980). Chaenothecopsis consociata – kein parasitischer oder parasymbiontischer Pilz, sondern lichenisiert mit Dictyochloropsis symbiontica, spec. nova. Plant Systematics and Evolution 136: 287–306.
  3. ^ Tschermak-Woess E. (1984). Über die weite Verbreitung lichenisierter Sippen von Dictyochloropsis und die systematische Stellung von Myrmecia reticulata (Chlorophyta). Plant Systematics and Evolution 147: 299–322.
  4. ^ Škaloud P, Neustupá J, Radochová B, Kubínová L. (2005). Confocal microscopy of chloroplast morphology and ontogeny in three strains of Dictyochloropsis (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 44: 261-269.

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