Symbiochloris reticulata

Symbiochloris reticulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Trebouxiales
Family: Trebouxiaceae
Genus: Symbiochloris
Species:
S. reticulata
Binomial name
Symbiochloris reticulata
(Tschermak-Woess) Škaloud, Friedl, A.Beck & Dal Grande[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Myrmecia reticulata Tschermak-Woess
  • Dictyochloropsis reticulata (Tschermak-Woess) Tschermak-Woess

Symbiochloris reticulata is a species of green alga in the Trebouxiales. It is a known as a photobiont (photosynthetic symbiont) with several lichen species, like Lobaria pulmonaria, but also as a free-living soil alga as well.[2] Phylogenetic analysis of rRNA sequence data revealed that the species shares a sister group relationship with two other green algae that lack motile stages, Chlorella saccharophila and C. luteoviridis.[3]

Symbiochloris reticulata consists of single, spherical or slightly ellipsoidal cells 4-13(-15) μm in diameter. The cells have a parietal chloroplast which is net-like in structure. Asexual reproduction occurs by the formation of four or eight (sometimes 16) autospores, which are released by the rupture of the parent cell wall.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Symbiochloris reticulata". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  2. ^ Tschermak-Woess, E. (1978). "Myrmecia reticulata as a phycobiont and free-living—free-living Trebouxia— The problem of Stenocybe septata". The Lichenologist. 10 (1): 69–79. doi:10.1017/s0024282978000080.
  3. ^ Friedl, Thomas (1995). "Inferring taxonomic positions and testing genus level assignments in coccoid green lichen algae: a phylogenetic analysis of 18s ribosomal rna sequences from Dictyochloropsis reticulata and from members of the genus Myrmecia (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae Cl. Nov.)1". Journal of Phycology. 31 (4). Wiley: 632–639. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1995.tb02559.x.
  4. ^ Škaloud, Pavel; Friedl, Thomas; Hallmann, Christine; Beck, Andreas; Dal Grande, Francesco (August 2016). Gabrielson, P. (ed.). "Taxonomic revision and species delimitation of coccoid green algae currently assigned to the genus Dictyochloropsis (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Journal of Phycology. 52 (4): 599–617. Bibcode:2016JPcgy..52..599S. doi:10.1111/jpy.12422. PMID 27135898. S2CID 21349734.


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