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Picochlorum eukaryotum

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Picochlorum eukaryotum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Picochlorum
Species:
P. eukaryotum
Binomial name
Picochlorum eukaryotum
W.J.Henley, J.L.Hironaka, L.Guillou, M.A.Buchheim, J.A.Buchheim, M.W.Fawley & K.P.Fawley
Synonyms

Nanochlorum eukaryotum

Picochlorum eukaryotum, also called Nanochlorum eukaryotum, is a species of marine coccoidal green algae.

This alga is approximately 1.5 microns in size. Initial research showed it to be related to Chlorella vulgaris.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Schreiner, M; Geisert, M; Oed, M; Arendes, J; Güngerich, U; Breter, HJ; Steüber, K; Weinblum, D (April 1995). "Phylogenetic relationship of the green alga Nanochlorum eukaryotum deduced from its chloroplast rRNA sequences". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 40 (4). Springer-Verlag: 428–42. doi:10.1007/BF00164029. ISSN 0022-2844. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  2. ^ Wilhelm; Eisenbeis; Wild; Zahn. "Nanochlorum eukaryotum Wilhelm, Eisenbeis, Wild, & Zahn, nom. inval". Algaebase. Retrieved March 1, 2016.