Chlorellaceae

Family of algae

Chlorellaceae
Chlorella vulgaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: Chlorellaceae
Brunnthaler
Genera[1]
  • Acanthosphaera
  • Actinastrum
  • Apatococcus
  • Apodococcus
  • Auxenochlorella
  • Ava
  • Carolibrandtia
  • Catena
  • Chlorella
  • Chloroparva
  • Closteriopsis
  • Coronacoccus
  • Coronastrum
  • Cylindrocelis
  • Diacanthos
  • Dicellula
  • Dicloster
  • Dictyosphaerium
  • Didymogenes
  • Endolithella
  • Fissuricella
  • Geminella
  • Gloeotila
  • Golenkiniopsis
  • Hegewaldia
  • Helicosporidium
  • Heynigia
  • Hindakia
  • Hormospora
  • Kalenjinia
  • Keratococcus
  • Laetitia
  • Leptochlorella
  • Marasphaerium
  • Marinichlorella
  • Marvania
  • Masaia
  • Meyerella
  • Micractinium
  • Mucidosphaerium
  • Muriella
  • Nannochloris
  • Nanochlorum
  • Nomia
  • Palmellochaete
  • Parachlorella
  • Planktochlorella
  • Podohedra
  • Prototheca
  • Pseudochloris
  • Pseudosiderocelopsis
  • Pumiliosphaera
  • Siderocelis

Chlorellaceae are a family of green algae in the order Chlorellales.[2]

This genus includes some important emerging pathogens of humans and farm animals, such as Prototheca zopfii.

References

  1. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Chlorellaceae". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  2. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Chlorellaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
Taxon identifiers
Chlorellaceae
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