Chlorella pyrenoidosa H.Chick 1903

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Chlorophyta infrakingdom
Phylum Chlorophyta
Subphylum Chlorophytina
Class Trebouxiophyceae
Order Chlorellales
Family Chlorellaceae
Genus Chlorella

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Publication details
Chlorella pyrenoidosa H.Chick 1903: 460, pl. 8

Published in: Chick, H. (1903). A study of a unicellular green alga, occurring in polluted water, with especial reference to its nitrogenous metabolism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 71(475): 458-476, 7 tables, plate 8.
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Publication date: 1 June 1903

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chlorella is Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Auxenochlorella pyrenoidosa (H.Chick) Molinari & Calvo-Pérez

Type information
Type locality: England: Liverpool in sewage (INA 1996).

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

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Source of current name
Calvo-Pérez Rodó, J.D. & Molinari-Novoa, E.A. (2015). A nomenclatural and cultural note on Chlorella peruviana G. Chacón and other species of the genus Chlorella Beij. (Chlorellales, Chlorellaceae). Biologist (Lima) 13(1): 71-74.

Key references
Cambra Sánchez, J., Álvarez Cobelas, M. & Aboal Sanjurjo, M. (1998). Lista florística y bibliográfica de los clorófitos (Chlorophyta) de la Península Ibérica, Islas Baleares e Islas Canarias. pp. 1-614. Burgos: Asociación Española de Limnología.

Fott, B. & Nováková, M. (1969). A monograph of the genus Chlorella. The freshwater species. In: Studies in Phycology. (Fott, B. Eds), pp. 10-74. Prague: Academia Publishing House of the Czechosolvak Academy of Sciences.

Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.

Korshikov, A.A. (1953). Viznachnik prisnovodnihk vodorostey Ukrainsykoi RSR. Pidklas Protokokovi (Protococcineae). Bakuol'ni (Vacuolales) ta Protokokovi (Protococcales) [The Freshwater Algae of the Ukrainian SSR. Sub-Class Protococcineae. Vacuolales and Protococcales]. Vol. 5 pp. 439, 421 figures. Kyiv: Akademyy Nauk Ukrayins'koy RSR. [in Ukrainian]

Shihira, I. & Krauss, R.W. (1965). Chlorella. Physiology and taxonomy of forty-one isolates. pp. 1-97. Maryland: University of Maryland, College Park.

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Verified by: 28 January 2022 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Adamec, J., Peverly, J.H. & Parthasarathy, M.V. (1979). Potassium in polyphosphate bodies of Chlorella pyrenoidosa (Chlorophyceae) as determined by X-ray microanalysis. Journal of Phycology 15(4): 466-468, 2 figs.
Bendix, S. (1964). Phenotypic variability in certain Chlorella pyrenoidosa strains. Phycologia 4: 84-92, 4 tables.
Bertagnolli, B.L. & Nadakavukaren, M.J. (1970). Effect of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid on the fine structure of Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick. Journal of Phycology 6: 98-100, 4 figs.
Diner, B.A. & Wollman, F.-A. (1979). Functional comparison of the photosystem II center-antenna complex of a phycocyanin-less mutant of Cyanidium caldarium with that of a Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Plant Physiology 63: 20-25.
Ding, K., Chen, Z., Wan, Q., Hu, X., Wang, X., Li, H., Wang, Y., Luo Y. & Xiang, D. (2024). Improving antistress capacity and lipid productivity in the green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa by adding abscisic acid under slat stress conditions. Algae 39(3): 207-222.
Foy, C.D. & Gerloff, G.C. (1972). Response of Chlorella pyrenoidosa to aluminium and low pH. Journal of Phycology 8: 268-271, 3 tables.
Grotbeck, L. & Vance, B.D. (1972). Endogenous levels of indole-3-acetic acid in synchronous cultures of Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Journal of Phycology 8: 272-275, 4 figs.
Guerin-Dumartrait, E. & Moyse, A. (1970). Structure des lamelles chloroplastiques de Chlorella pyrenoidosa, soit au cours d'une culture synchrone, soit en fonction de la carence en azote puis de la levée de carence. Soc Phycol de France Bull No 15: 74-79.
Hodson, R.C., Williams, S.K., II & Davidson, W.R., Jr (1975). Metabolic control of urea catabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardi and Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Journal of Bacteriology 121: 1022-1035.
Hommersand, M.H. (1963). Some effects of monochromatic light on oxygen evolution and carbon dioxide fixation in Chlorella pyrenoidosa. In: Photosynthesis mechanisms in green plants. ( Eds), pp. 381-390. National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council.
Kroon, B.M.A. (1994). Variability of photosystem II quantum yield and related processes in Chlorella pyrenoidosa (Chlorophyta) acclimated to an oscillating light regime simulating a mixed photic zone. Journal of Phycology 30: 841-852, 9 figs, 3 tables.
McKay, R.M.L. & Gibbs, S.P. (1989). Immunocytochemical localization of ribulose 1,5-biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in light-limited and light-saturated cells of Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Protoplasma 149: 31-37.
Osretkar, A. & Krauss, R.W. (1965). Growth and metabolism of Chlorella pyrenoidosa chick during substitution of Rb for K. Journal of Phycology 1: 23-33, 7 figs, 4 tables.
Pelley, J.L. & Bannister, T.T. (1979). Note: Methylamine uptake in the green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Journal of Phycology 15: 110-112, 1 fig.
Ramazanov, A. & Ramazanov, Z. (2006). Isolation and characterization of a starchless mutant of Chlorella pyrenoidosa STL-PI with a high growth rate, and high protein and polyunsaturated fatty acid content. Phycological Research 54(4): 255-259.
Rodríguez López, M. (1964). Formas gigantes de Chlorella pyrenoidosa, su inducción por azúcares y su utilidad para el crecimiento de cultivos. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Sección Biológica 62(1): 49-57, 5 figures, 2 tables.
Sikova, Z. (1975). Vliianie monokhromaticheskogo sveta na assimiliatsiyu gliukozy v kul'ture vodorosli Chlorella pyrenoidosa. [translation: “The influence of monochromatic light on the assimilation of glucose in culture of the alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa.”]. : 139-143. [in Russian]
Su, F. & Li, Y. (2024). Exogenous 24-epibrassinolide (EBL) facilitates cell growth of Chlorella pyrenoidosa under high temperatures by enhancing the photosynthetic energy utilization and alleviating oxidative damage. Journal of Phycology 60(2): 517-527.
Sun, X., Wang, W., Shen, J. & Xu, N. (2014). Transcriptome sequencing of the marine microalga, Chlorella pyrenoidosa (Chlorophyta), and analysis of carbonic anhydrase expression under salt stress. Botanica Marina 57(5): 403-412.
Xie, G., Ding, K., Liu, W.-L., Zheng, Z.-Y., Liu, Y.-G. Wang, Y.-Z. (2021). Characteristics of lipid biosynthesis in Chlorella pyrenoidosa as subjected to nutrient deficiency stress. Phycologia 60(4): 384-393.

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