Fasciculochloris is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorococcaceae.[1]

Fasciculochloris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Chlamydomonadales
Family: Chlorococcaceae
Genus: Fasciculochloris
R.J.McLean & Trainor, 1965
Species

Development and Division edit

Young vegetative cells begin oblong and oval shaped, but eventually become rounded and spherical after aging. Cell division has a chance of resulting in production of zoospores. If the cell is vegetative, division may result in the formation of packets, most likely four, but can get up to thirty-two cells in two/three planes. [2]

References edit

  1. ^ See the NCBI webpage on Fasciculochloris. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ McLean, Robert J.; Trainor, Francis R. (1965). "Fasciculochloris, a New Clorosphaeracean Alga from a Connecticut Soil". Phycologia. 4 (3): 147. Bibcode:1965Phyco...4..145M. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-4-3-145.1. hdl:2060/19670004847.