Dictyochloropsis reticulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
Order: | Trebouxiales |
Family: | Trebouxiaceae |
Genus: | Dictyochloropsis |
Species: | D. reticulata
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Binomial name | |
Dictyochloropsis reticulata (Tschermak-Woess) Tschermak-Woess
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Dictyochloropsis 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.[1] 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.[2]