Biology:Botryococcaceae
Botryococcaceae is a family of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.[1]
Traditionally, Botryococcaceae has been defined on morphological grounds. Members of this family consist of irregular colonies of cells found free-floating or attached to a substrate. Cells are united by mucilaginous stalks that are formed by the gelatinization of the old parent cell walls. Cells may be spherical, ellipsoidal, or ovoid with a chloroplast with or without a pyrenoid. Reproduction occurs exclusively asexually by the formation of autospores.[2] However, molecular phylogenetic studies have found that some genera placed in Botryococcaceae based on morphology alone are unrelated to Botryococcus; the genus Dictyosphaerium is now placed in the family Chlorellaceae.[3]
References
- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Botryococcaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. https://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/.
- ↑ Fanés Treviño, Ingrid; Sánchez Castillo, Pedro; Comas González, Augusto (2009). "Contribution to the taxonomic study of the family Botryococcaceae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) in southern Spain". Cryptogamie, Algologie 30: 17–30. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/cryptogamie-algologie2009v30f1a2.pdf. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ↑ Bock, Christina; Pröschold, Thomas; Krienitz, Lothar (2010). "Two new Dictyosphaerium-morphotype lineages of the Chlorellaceae (Trebouxiophyceae): Heynigia gen. nov. and Hindakia gen. nov.". European Journal of Phycology 45 (3): 267–277. doi:10.1080/09670262.2010.487920. Bibcode: 2010EJPhy..45..267B.
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