This article is about the genus of algae. For the bacterial infection, see Cholera and Vibrio cholerae.
Chlorella
Chlorella vulgaris
Scientific classification
(unranked):
Viridiplantae
Division:
Chlorophyta
Class:
Trebouxiophyceae
Order:
Chlorellales
Family:
Chlorellaceae
Genus:
Chlorella M.Beijerinck, 1890
Species
Chlorella autotrophica
Chlorella coloniales
Chlorella lewinii
Chlorella minutissima
Chlorella pituita
Chlorella pulchelloides
Chlorella pyrenoidosa
Chlorella rotunda
Chlorella singularis
Chlorella sorokiniana
Chlorella variabilis
Chlorella volutis
Chlorella vulgaris
Chlorella is a genus of about thirteen species of single-celled green algae of the division Chlorophyta. The cells are spherical in shape, about 2 to 10 μm in diameter, and are without flagella. Their chloroplasts contain the green photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll-a and -b. In ideal conditions cells of Chlorella multiply rapidly, requiring only carbon dioxide, water, sunlight, and a small amount of minerals to reproduce.[1]
The name Chlorella is taken from the Greek χλώρος, chlōros/ khlōros, meaning green, and the Latin diminutive suffix ella, meaning small. German biochemist and cell physiologist Otto Heinrich Warburg, awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1931 for his research on cell respiration, also studied photosynthesis in Chlorella. In 1961, Melvin Calvin of the University of California received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on the pathways of carbon dioxide assimilation in plants using Chlorella.
Chlorella has been considered as a source of food and energy because its photosynthetic efficiency can reach 8%,[2] which exceeds that of other highly efficient crops such as sugar cane.
^Scheffler, John (3 September 2007). "Underwater Habitats". Illumin. 9 (4).
^Zelitch, I. (1971). Photosynthesis, Photorespiration and Plant Productivity. Academic Press. p. 275.
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