Chloromonas
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| Chloromonas | |
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| Chloromonas miwae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Chlorophyceae |
| Order: | Chlamydomonadales |
| Family: | Chlamydomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Chloromonas Gobi |
| Type species | |
| Chloromonas reticulata (Goroschankin) Gobi[1] | |
| Species | |
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Chloromonas is a genus of green algae in the family Chlamydomonadaceae.[2] It is closely related to the model green algae, Chlamydomonas, and traditionally has been distinguished mainly through the absence of a pyrenoid.[3]
Species of Chloromonas occupy a variety of habitats, including soil, temporary pools of fresh water and eutrophic lakes.[1] A number of species are adapted to living on snow, making them snow algae. The most northerly location at which this algae has been observed is Lake Bienville, Quebec, 55°N.[4]
Chloromonas is a unicellular organism with cells that are ranging from spherical, ovoid, cylindrical, or spindle-shaped. There are two equal flagella on the anterior end of the cell, with or without a papilla. As single large chloroplast fills the cell, and may be cup-shaped and variously lobed. Chloroplasts lack pyrenoids. An eyespot is present in most species. There is a single nucleus typically embedded in the center of the cell.[1]
Reproduction in Chloromonas occurs asexually and sexually. Asexual reproduction is by cell division, forming two or four zoospores. Sexual reproduction in the genus is diverse and can be isogamous, anisogamous, or oogamous.[1]
