Biology:Chlorella autotrophica
| Chlorella autotrophica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Chlorella |
| Species: | C. autotrophica
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlorella autotrophica Shihira & R.W.Krauss
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Chlorella autotrophica, or Chlorella sp. (580), is a species of euryhaline, unicellular microalga in the Division Chlorophyta. It is found in brackish waters and was first isolated in 1956 by Ralph A. Lewin.[1] The species is defined by its inability to use organic carbon as a food source, making the species an obligate autotroph.[2] It is sometimes considered a variety of Chlorella vulgaris.[3]
Uses
C. autotrophica has many uses. The species has been used as a feedstock for rearing bivalves and fry in aquaculture[4] and as source of the amino acid L-Proline.[5][6] Germany and Russia n scientists investigated the possibility of using the species as a food source for astronauts.[7][8] The algal species is also a candidate feedstock for biodiesel production due to its ability to accumulate triglycerides under nitrogen limitation.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ Lewin, Ralph (1956). "Extracellular polysaccharides of green algae". Canadian Journal of Microbiology 7 (2): 665–672. doi:10.1139/m56-079.
- ↑ Krauss, Robert W; Shihira, Ikurio (1965). Chlorella: Physiology and taxonomy of forty-one isolates. University of Maryland. https://books.google.com/books?id=RFUSYAAACAAJ. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ↑ "Algaebase". http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=c63d8bffa64fc6c3d&sk=0&from=results. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ Ukeles, Ravenna. "A simple method for the mass culture of marine algae". Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. http://www.aslo.org/lo/toc/vol_10/issue_3/0492.pdf. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ↑ Leavitt, Richard I.. "Process for the preparation of L-proline by cultivating algae". Ethyl Corporation. https://www.google.com/patents/US4383038?dq=L-Proline+algae&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vDWwU6qgMtfjoATEvIHgBA&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ↑ Hellebust, JA; Ahmad, I (1984). "Nitrogen Metabolism of the Marine Microalga Chlorella autotrophica". Plant Physiology 76 (3): 658–663. doi:10.1104/pp.76.3.658. PMID 16663902.
- ↑ Kondratiev, Y; Bychkov, V; Ushakov, A; Boiko, N; Klyushkina, N; Abaturova, E; Terpilovsky, A; Korneeva, N et al. (1966). "The use of 50 and 100 g of dry biological foodstuff containing unicellular algae in food rations of man". Voprosy Pitanya 25 (6): 9–14. PMID 6002339.
- ↑ Müller-Wecker, Hildegard; Kofrányi, Ernst (1973). "Zur Bestimmung der biologischen Wertigkeit von Nahrungsproteinen, XVIII. Einzeller als zusätzliche Nahrungsquelle". Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie 354 (2): 1034–1042. doi:10.1515/bchm2.1973.354.2.1034.
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