Picochlorum Explained
Picochlorum is a genus of green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.[1], AlgaeBase regarded the name as illegitimate.
It is a native marine microalga fit for cultivation at high growth rates, showing a 2-hour multiplying time in ideal conditions.[2]
Notes and References
- Foflonker. Fatima. Ananyev. Gennady. Qiu. Huan. Morrison. Andrenette. Palenik. Brian. Dismukes. G. Charles. Bhattacharya. Debashish. June 2016. The unexpected extremophile: Tolerance to fluctuating salinity in the green alga Picochlorum. Algal Research. en. 16. 465–472. 10.1016/j.algal.2016.04.003. free.
- Dahlin . Lukas R. . Gerritsen . Alida T. . Henard . Calvin A. . Van Wychen . Stefanie . Linger . Jeffrey G. . Kunde . Yuliya . Hovde . Blake T. . Starkenburg . Shawn R. . Posewitz . Matthew C. . Guarnieri . Michael T. . Development of a high-productivity, halophilic, thermotolerant microalga Picochlorum renovo . Communications Biology . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 2 . 1 . 2019-10-23 . 2399-3642 . 10.1038/s42003-019-0620-2 . 388. 31667362 . 6811619 . free .