Biology:Chlorogonium
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Short description: Genus of algae
| Chlorogonium | |
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| Chlorogonium euchlorum | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Haematococcaceae |
| Genus: | Chlorogonium Ehrenberg, 1836 |
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Chlorogonium is a genus of green algae in the family Haematococcaceae.[1] This alga has a notable mutualistic relationship with the American toad, allowing the tadpoles to develop faster when covered with Chlorogonium.[2]
See also
- Oophila amblystomatis, a similar amphibian mutualistic alga
References
- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Chlorogonium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. http://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/.
- ↑ Tumlison, Renn; Trauth, Stanley E. (July 2006). "A novel facultative mutualistic relationship between bufonid tadpoles and flagellated green algae". Herpetological Conservation and Biology 1: 51–55. http://www.herpconbio.org/volume_1/issue_1/Tumlison_Trauth_2006.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2964127 entry
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