Dictyochloropsis

Dictyochloropsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Trebouxiales
Family: Trebouxiaceae
Genus: Dictyochloropsis
Geitler (1966)
Species

Dictyochloropsis is a genus of unicellular green alga of the phylum Chlorophyta. This genus consists of free-living algae which have a reticulate (net-like) chloroplast that varies slightly in morphology between species,[1][2][3] and that when mature always lacks a pyrenoid.[3] Dictyochloropsis is asexual and reproduces using autospores.[1]

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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  2. ^ a b Dal Grande, Francesco; Beck, Andreas; Cornejo, Carolina; Singh, Garima; Cheenacharoen, Saran; Nelsen, Matthew P.; Scheidegger, Christoph (April 2014). "Molecular phylogeny and symbiotic selectivity of the green algal genus Dictyochloropsis s.l. (Trebouxiophyceae): a polyphyletic and widespread group forming photobiont-mediated guilds in the lichen family Lobariaceae". New Phytologist. 202 (2): 455–470. doi:10.1111/nph.12678. PMID 24443895.
  3. ^ a b c 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. doi:10.1111/jpy.12422. PMID 27135898. S2CID 21349734.
  4. ^ a b c Junaid, 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. ISSN 1932-104X. S2CID 149853265.
  5. ^ Mikhailyuk, Tatiana (2008-01-01). "Terrestrial lithophilic algae in a granite canyon of the Teteriv River (Ukraine)". Biologia. 63 (6): 824–830. doi:10.2478/s11756-008-0104-1. ISSN 1336-9563. S2CID 25279598.
  6. ^ Neustupa, Jiří; Škaloud, Pavel (2008-01-01). "Diversity of subaerial algae and cyanobacteria on tree bark in tropical mountain habitats". Biologia. 63 (6): 806–812. doi:10.2478/s11756-008-0102-3. ISSN 1336-9563.
  7. ^ Tschermak-Woess, Elisabeth (1980). "Chaenothecopsis consociata ? kein parasitischer oder parasymbiontischer Pilz, sondern lichenisiert mitDictyochloropsis symbiontica, spec. nova". Plant Systematics and Evolution (in German). 136 (3–4): 287–306. doi:10.1007/BF01004633. ISSN 0378-2697. S2CID 26932481.
  8. ^ Tschermak–Woess, Elisabeth (May 1995). "Dictyochloropsis Splendida (Chlorophyta), the Correct Phycobiont of Phlyctis Argena and the High Degree of Selectivity or Specificity Involved". The Lichenologist. 27 (3): 169–187. doi:10.1016/S0024-2829(95)80016-6. ISSN 0024-2829. S2CID 250349877.