Chlorochytriaceae
| Chlorochytriaceae | |
|---|---|
| Burkillia cornuta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Setchell & N.L.Gardner |
| Genera | |
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Chlorochytriaceae is a family of algae within the order Chlamydomonadales.[1] Alternatively, it shows some morphological similarity to Characiosiphonaceae and closely related to it.[2] It contains a number of parasitic taxa endophytic within vascular plants, mosses, or other algae.[3]
The family Chlorochytriaceae consists of microscopic organisms which are unicellular or multicellular, with relatively large cells (up to 400 µm long); the cells may have an secondarily thickened cell wall or rhizoidal extensions. Chloroplasts are usually parietally located, and may be divided into complex lobes and/or contain pyrenoids. Cells contain one or more nuclei. Reproduction occurs via zoospores with two flagella; sexual reproduction via gametes may also occur.[3] This family appears to be an artificial assemblage of different parasitic genera.[3] The genus Scotinosphaera was once classified in this family, but due to molecular evidence it has been placed in its own order (Scotinosphaerales) within Ulvophyceae. [4]
References
- ^ Chlorochytriaceae at AlgaeBase.
- ^ Wujek, Daniel E.; Thompson, Rufus H. (2005). "Endophytic unicellular chlorophytes: a review of Chlorochytrium and Scotinosphaera". Phycologia. 44 (3): 254–260. doi:10.2216/0031-8884(2005)44[254:EUCARO]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ a b c Komárek, J.; Fott, B. (1983). Chlorophyceae (Grünalgen), Ordnung Chlorococcales. Das Phytoplankton des Süßwassers (in German). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 1044.
- ^ Škaloud, Pavel; Kalina, Tomáš; Nemjová, Katarína; De Clerck, Olivier; Leliaert, Frederik (2013). "Morphology and Phylogenetic Position of the Freshwater Green Microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. nov., Ulvophyceae)". Journal of Phycology. 49 (1): 115–129. Bibcode:2013JPcgy..49..115S. doi:10.1111/jpy.12021. PMID 27008394.