Isochrysis galbana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Phylum: | Haptista |
Subphylum: | Haptophytina |
Class: | Coccolithophyceae |
Order: | Isochrysidales |
Family: | Isochrysidaceae |
Genus: | Isochrysis |
Species: | I. galbana
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Binomial name | |
Isochrysis galbana |
Isochrysis galbana is a species of Haptophyta. It is the type species of the genus Isochrysis.[1] It is an outstanding food for various bivalve larvae and is now widely cultured for use in the bivalve aquaculture industry.[2] This unicellular is investigated for its high amount of fucoxanthin (18.23 mg/g dried sample).[3] The Isochrysis galbana extract is said to have certain cosmetic and hair-growth properties when using hexane, ethyl acetate, ethanol, water, methanol, or isopropanol as extractants.[4] I. galbana has a chloroplast, whose genome sequence has been published in 2020.[5]
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