Schizochytrium S. Goldst. & Belsky emend. T. Booth & C. E. Mill. [1]
Species
S. aggregatum[2] S. limacinum[3] S. minutum[2]
Schizochytrium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes in the family Thraustochytriaceae, which are found in coastal marine habitats. They are assigned to the Stramenopiles (heterokonts), a group which also contains kelp and various microalgae.
^Rinka Yokoyama & Daiske Honda (2007). "Taxonomic rearrangement of the genus Schizochytrium sensu lato based on morphology, chemotaxonomic characteristics, and 18S rRNA gene phylogeny (Thraustochytriaceae, Labyrinthulomycetes): emendation for Schizochytrium and erection of Aurantiochytrium and Oblongichytrium gen. nov". Mycoscience. 48 (4): 199–211. doi:10.1007/s10267-006-0362-0. S2CID 86418053.
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^Honda, Daiske; Yokochi, Toshihiro; Nakahara, Toro; Erata, Mayumi; Higashihara, Takanori (April 1998). "Schizochytrium limacinum sp. nov., a new thraustochytrid from a mangrove area in the west Pacific Ocean". Mycological Research. 102 (4): 439–448. doi:10.1017/S0953756297005170.
Schizochytrium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes in the family Thraustochytriaceae, which are found in coastal marine habitats. They are assigned to...
Schizochytrium limacinum is a species of thraustochytrids first isolated from a mangrove area in the western Pacific Ocean. It differs from other Schizochytrium...
as either mononucleated or multinucleated amoeboid cells. Ulkenia, Schizochytrium, Hondaea, and Aurantiochytrium can undergo binary division to form a...
common representatives from Thraustochytriidae are Aurantiochytrium, Schizochytrium, Thraustochytrium and Ulkenia, found on decaying plant remains, in sediments...
eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5 ω-3), Marine bacteria and the microalgae Schizochytrium use an anerobic polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway to synthesize DHA...
Δ4-desaturase, it is considered outdated. Marine bacteria and the microalgae Schizochytrium use an anerobic polyketide synthase pathway to synthesize DHA. DHA can...
In 2016, juvenile Nile tilapia were given a food containing dried Schizochytrium in place of fish oil. When compared to a control group raised on regular...
defatted biomass of Nannochloropsis oculata and whole cells of DHA-rich Schizochytrium sp. and was found to perform better in growth, weight gain, specific...
of a single-stranded RNA virus infecting the marine fungoid protist Schizochytrium sp". The Journal of General Virology. 87 (Pt 3): 723–733. doi:10.1099/vir...