Biology:Isochrysis

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Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms

Isochrysis
Isochrysis galbana.jpg
Isochrysis galbana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Phylum: Haptista
Subphylum: Haptophytina
Class: Coccolithophyceae
Order: Isochrysidales
Family: Isochrysidaceae
Genus: Isochrysis
Parke, 1949

Isochrysis is a genus of haptophytes. It includes the species Isochrysis galbana, Isochrysis litoralis and Isochrysis maritima.[1] Until recently this genus was also thought to contain the 'T-iso' algae frequently used in aquaculture; that species has been reclassified as Tisochrysis lutea.[2]

References

  1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Isochrysis". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=44564. 
  2. Bendif, El Mahdi; Probert, Ian; Schroeder, Declan C.; de Vargas, Colomban (December 2013). "On the description of Tisochrysis lutea gen. nov. sp. nov. and Isochrysis nuda sp. nov. in the Isochrysidales, and the transfer of Dicrateria to the Prymnesiales (Haptophyta)". Journal of Applied Phycology 25 (6): 1763–1776. doi:10.1007/s10811-013-0037-0. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-013-0037-0. 

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