Parachlorella
Genus of algae
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Parachlorella is a genus of green algae in the order Chlorellales.[2] The genus Parachlorella is more or less indistinguishable from the similar genus Chlorella using morphological features alone; the two genera differ genetically, and can be identified using their 18S ribosomal RNA.[1]
| Parachlorella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Parachlorella L.Krienitz, E.H.Hegewald, D.Hepperle, V.A.R.Huss, T.Rohr & M.Wolf |
| Type species | |
| Parachlorella beijerinckii L.Krienitz, E.H.Hegewald, D.Hepperle, V.A.R.Huss, T.Rohr & M.Wolf[1] | |
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Parachlorella consists of solitary, egg-shaped to spherical cells, sometimes covered in a gelatinous layer. The chloroplast is parietal and contains a broadly elliptical pyrenoid sheathed in grains of starch. Reproduction occurs through autospores. It is found in freshwater habitats, or soil.[1]
