Global InformationChlorella autotrophica information
| Chlorella autotrophica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Chlorella |
| Species: | C. autotrophica
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlorella autotrophica Shihira & R.W.Krauss
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Chlorella autotrophica, or Chlorella sp. (580), is a species of euryhaline, unicellular microalga in the Division Chlorophyta. It is found in brackish waters and was first isolated in 1956 by Ralph A. Lewin.[1] The species is defined by its inability to use organic carbon as a food source, making the species an obligate autotroph.[2] It is sometimes considered a variety of Chlorella vulgaris.[3]
- ^ Lewin, Ralph (1956). "Extracellular polysaccharides of green algae". Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 7 (2): 665–672. doi:10.1139/m56-079.
- ^ Krauss, Robert W; Shihira, Ikurio (1965). Chlorella: Physiology and taxonomy of forty-one isolates. University of Maryland. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ "Algaebase". Retrieved 30 June 2014.