Chloromonas

Chloromonas is a genus of green algae in the family Chlamydomonadaceae.[1] It is closely related to the model green algae, Chlamydomonas, and distinguished mainly through the absence of a pyrenoid.[2]

Chloromonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Chlamydomonadaceae
Genus: Chloromonas
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Species
  • See text

The most northerly location at which this algae has been observed is Lake Bienville, Quebec, 55°N.[3]

Species

  • C. radiata
  • C. asteroidea
  • C. macrostellata
  • C. reticulata
  • C. oogama
  • C. perforata
  • C. rosae
  • C. serbinowi
  • C. sp. ANT3
  • C. sp. ANT1
  • C. insignis
  • C. augustae
  • C. palmelloides
  • C. playfairii
  • C. actinochloris
  • C. carrizoensis
  • C. rubrifilum
  • C. sp. D-CU581C
  • C. brevispina
  • C. nivalis
  • C. paraserbinowii
  • C. pichinchae
  • C. subdivisa
  • C. variabilis
  • C. rostafinskii
  • C. cf. alpina 032-99
  • C. cf. platystigma 020-99
  • C. sp. 047-99
  • C. cf. palatina 025-99
  • C. chenangoensis
  • C. sp. CU722a

References

  1. See the NCBI webpage on Chloromonas. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. Nozaki, H; Onishi, K; Morita, E (October 2002). "Differences in pyrenoid morphology are correlated with differences in the rbcL genes of members of the Chloromonas lineage (volvocales, chlorophyceae)". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 55: 414–430. doi:10.1007/s00239-002-2338-9. PMID 12355262.
  3. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting - Eastern Snow Conference. Vol. 57, Part 2000. Eastern Snow Conference. p. 209.


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