''Nannochloris'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
green algae
The green algae (: green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/ Streptophyta. The land plants ...
in the family
Chlorellaceae.
It is found in
freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...
habitats.
''Nannochloris'' consists of very small cells less than 4.5 μm in diameter. The cells are solitary or paired, subspherical to subcylindrical, and surrounded by layers of mucilage and often found in large groups. The single
chloroplast
A chloroplast () is a type of membrane-bound organelle, organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant cell, plant and algae, algal cells. Chloroplasts have a high concentration of chlorophyll pigments which captur ...
is parietal and plate-like, at one or both ends, and with one naked pyrenoid.
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References
Trebouxiophyceae genera
Chlorellaceae
Freshwater algae
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