Choricystis

Choricystis
Choricystis krienitzii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Coccomyxaceae
Genus: Choricystis
(Skuja) Fott, 1976[1]
Type species
Choricystis minor
(Skuja, 1948) Fott, 1976[2]
Species[1]

Choricystis is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae, considered a characteristic picophytoplankton in freshwater ecosystems.[1][3] Choricystis, especially the type species Choricystis minor [species], has been proposed as an effective source of fatty acids for biofuels.[4][5][6] Choricystis algacultures have been shown to survive on wastewater.[7][8] In particular, Choricystis has been proposed as a biological water treatment system for industrial waste produced by the processing of dairy goods.[7]

Choricystis have been found in natural bodies of water in South America,[5] North America, Europe, Asia, and Antarctica.[9] They have been observed as an endosymbiont of freshwater sponges as well as ciliates like Paramecium bursaria.[10][11][12]

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  3. ^ Krienitz, L.; Huss, V.A.R.; Hümmer, C. (1996). "Picoplanktonic Choricystis species (Chlorococcales, Chlorophyta) and problems surrounding the morphologically similar 'Nannochloris-like algae'". Phycologia. 35 (4): 332–341. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-35-4-332.1.
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  6. ^ Riveira, C.Y.B.; D'Alessandro, E.B.; Filho, N.R.A.; Lopes, R.G.; Derner, R.B. (2021). "Synergistic effect of growth conditions and organic carbon sources for improving biomass production and biodiesel quality by the microalga Choricystis minor var. minor". Science of the Total Environment. 759: 143476. Bibcode:2021ScTEn.759n3476O. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143476. PMID 33218810. S2CID 227099711.
  7. ^ a b Tsolcha, O.N.; Tekerlekopoulou, A.G.; Akratos, C.S.; Bellou, S.; Aggelis, G.; Katsiapi, M.; Moustaka-Gouni, M.; Vayenas, D.V. (2015). "Treatment of second cheese whey effluents using a Choricystis-based system with simultaneous lipid production". Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. 91 (8): 2349–2359. doi:10.1002/jctb.4829.
  8. ^ Chen, Y.; Li, X.; Sun, Z.; Zhou, Z. (2017). "Isolation and identification of Choricystis minor Fott and mass cultivation for oil production". Algal Research. 25: 142–148. doi:10.1016/j.algal.2017.05.012.
  9. ^ Zidarova, R.; Pouneva, I. (2006). "Physiological and biochemical characterization of antarctic isolate Choricystis minor during oxidative stress at different temperatures and light intensities" (PDF). General and Applied Plant Physiology. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: 109–115.
  10. ^ Pröschold, T.; Darienko, T. (2020). "Choricystis and Lewiniosphaera gen. nov. (Trebouxiophyceae Chlorophyta), two different green algal endosymbionts in freshwater sponges". Symbiosis. 82 (3): 175–188. doi:10.1007/s13199-020-00711-x. PMC 7725700. PMID 33328698.
  11. ^ Kulakova, N.V.; Kashin, S.A.; Bukin, Y.S. (2020). "The genetic diversity and phylogeny of green microalgae in the genus Choricystis (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) in Lake Baikal". Limnology. 21: 15–24. doi:10.1007/s10201-019-00587-x. S2CID 254164507.
  12. ^ Flemming, F.E.; Potekhin, A.; Pröschold, T.; Schrallhammer, M. (2020). "Algal Diversity in Paramecium bursaria: Species Identification, Detection of Choricystis parasitica, and Assessment of the Interaction Specificity". Diversity. 12 (8): 287. doi:10.3390/d12080287.