Previously, many species of the morphologically similar genus Symbiochloris were incorrectly classified to this taxon. These species were recently reclassified on the basis of molecular DNA analyses.[3]
Dictyochloropsis is found in terrestrial environments all over the world,[2][4][5][6][7][8] but can live and grow in freshwater environments as well.[1][4] Recently, there has been promising research towards growing Dictyocloropsis in culture for the production of biofuels.[4]
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^ abcJunaid, Sara; Khanna, Namita; Lindblad, Peter; Ahmed, Mehboob (September 2019). "Multifaceted biofuel production by microalgal isolates from Pakistan". Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 13 (5): 1187–1201. doi:10.1002/bbb.2009. ISSN1932-104X. S2CID149853265.
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