Biology:Chlorochytriaceae
Chlorochytriaceae is a family of algae within the order Chlamydomonadales.[1] Alternatively, it shows some morphological similarity to Characiosiphonaceae and closely related to it.[2] It contains a number of parasitic taxa endophytic within vascular plants, mosses, or other algae.[3]
The family Chlorochytriaceae consists of microscopic organisms which are unicellular or multicellular, with relatively large cells (up to 400 μm long); the cells may have an secondarily thickened cell wall or rhizoidal extensions. Chloroplasts are usually parietally located, and may be divided into complex lobes and/or contain pyrenoids. Cells contain one or more nuclei. Reproduction occurs via zoospores with two flagella; sexual reproduction via gametes may also occur.[3] This family appears to be an artificial assemblage of different parasitic genera.[3] The genus Scotinosphaera was once classified in this family, but due to molecular evidence it has been placed in its own order (Scotinosphaerales) within Ulvophyceae. [4]
References
- ↑ Chlorochytriaceae at AlgaeBase.
- ↑ Wujek, Daniel E.; Thompson, Rufus H. (2005). "Endophytic unicellular chlorophytes: a review of Chlorochytrium and Scotinosphaera". Phycologia 44 (3): 254–260. doi:10.2216/0031-8884(2005)44[254:EUCARO2.0.CO;2]. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2216/0031-8884%282005%2944%5B254%3AEUCARO%5D2.0.CO%3B2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Komárek, J.; Fott, B. (1983) (in German). Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen), Ordnung Chlorococcales. Das Phytoplankton des Süßwassers. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 1044.
- ↑ Škaloud, Pavel; Kalina, Tomáš; Nemjová, Katarína; De Clerck, Olivier; Leliaert, Frederik (2013). "Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of the Freshwater Green Microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. nov., Ulvophyceae)". Journal of Phycology 49 (1): 115–129. doi:10.1111/jpy.12021. PMID 27008394. Bibcode: 2013JPcgy..49..115S.
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