Neochloris oleoabundans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Neochloridaceae
Genus: Neochloris
Species:
N. oleoabundans
Binomial name
Neochloris oleoabundans
S. Chantanachat & H. C. Bold

Neochloris oleoabundans is a microalga belonging in the class Chlorophyceae. Due to its high lipid content, it has been considered as a candidate organism for cosmetics[1] and biofuel production,[2] as well as feed stock for freshwater mussels.[3]

Neochloris oleoabundans was first isolated from a sand dune in Saudi Arabia by S. Chantanachat sometime between 1958 and 1962.[4]

Neochloris oleoabundans consists of spherical cells borne singly or in irregular groups. The cell wall is thin and smooth, but may have a bump on one side. Cells are 6–22(–25) μm in diameter; each cell has is a single chloroplast which is cup-shaped to nearly spherical, with many narrow incisions; chloroplasts have one or more ellipsoidal pyrenoids covered with two or three shells of starch. It reproduces asexually via biflagellate zoospores or aplanospores.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cosmetic slimming composition containing an extract of biomass of the alga neochloris oleoabundans".
  2. ↑ Greenwell, H. C.; Laurens, L. M. L.; Shields, R. J.; Lovitt, R. W.; Flynn, K. J. (2010). "Placing microalgae on the biofuels priority list: A review of the technological challenges". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 7 (46): 703–726. doi:10.1098/rsif.2009.0322. PMC 2874236. PMID 20031983.
  3. ↑ Course from Missouri State Neochloris used as feed for rearing freshwater mussels (pdf)
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  5. ↑ Ettl, Hanuš; Gärtner, Georg (2013). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642394614.


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