Symbiochloris reticulata
| Symbiochloris reticulata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Trebouxiales |
| Family: | Trebouxiaceae |
| Genus: | Symbiochloris |
| Species: | S. reticulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Symbiochloris reticulata (Tschermak-Woess) Škaloud, Friedl, A.Beck & Dal Grande[1]
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Symbiochloris reticulata is a species of green alga in the Trebouxiales. It functions as a photobiont (photosynthetic symbiont) in several lichen species, including Lobaria pulmonaria, but also occurs as a free-living soil alga.[2]
Lichens that share the same photobiont may form so-called photobiont-mediated guilds; for example, Ricasolia amplissima, R. virens, and Lobaria pulmonaria all associate with Symbiochloris reticulata.[3] Phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal RNA sequence data indicates that the species forms a sister group with two other non-motile green algae, Chlorella saccharophila and C. luteoviridis.[4]
Symbiochloris reticulata consists of single, spherical or slightly ellipsoidal cells 4-13(-15) μm in diameter. The cells have a parietal chloroplast which is net-like in structure. Asexual reproduction occurs by the formation of four or eight (sometimes 16) autospores, which are released by the rupture of the parent cell wall.[5]
References
- ^ a b Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Symbiochloris reticulata". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
- ^ Tschermak-Woess, E. (1978). "Myrmecia reticulata as a phycobiont and free-living—free-living Trebouxia— The problem of Stenocybe septata". The Lichenologist. 10 (1): 69–79. doi:10.1017/s0024282978000080.
- ^ Yahr, Rebecca; Allen, Jessica L.; Atienza, Violeta; Burgartz, Frank; Chrismas, Nathan; Dal Forno, Manuela; et al. (2024). "Red Listing lichenized fungi: best practices and future prospects". The Lichenologist. 56: 345–362. doi:10.1017/S0024282924000355.
- ^ Friedl, Thomas (1995). "Inferring taxonomic positions and testing genus level assignments in coccoid green lichen algae: a phylogenetic analysis of 18s ribosomal RNA sequences from Dictyochloropsis reticulata and from members of the genus Myrmecia (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae Cl. Nov.)1". Journal of Phycology. 31 (4): 632–639. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.1995.tb02559.x.
- ^ Škaloud, Pavel; Friedl, Thomas; Hallmann, Christine; Beck, Andreas; Dal Grande, Francesco (2016). Gabrielson, P. (ed.). "Taxonomic revision and species delimitation of coccoid green algae currently assigned to the genus Dictyochloropsis (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)". Journal of Phycology. 52 (4): 599–617. doi:10.1111/jpy.12422. PMID 27135898.