Chlorella pringsheimii Shihira & R.W.Krauss 1965

Publication Details
Chlorella pringsheimii Shihira & R.W.Krauss 1965: 37, figs 47, 48

Published in: Shihira, I. & Krauss, R.W. (1965). Chlorella. Physiology and taxonomy of forty-one isolates. pp. 1-97. Maryland: University of Maryland, College Park.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chlorella is Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudochlorella pringsheimii (Shihar & Krauss) Darienko & al..

Source of Synonymy
Darienko, T., Gustavs, L., Mudimu, O., Menendez, C.R., Schumann, R., Karsten, U., Friedl, T. Proschold, T. (2010). Chloroidium, a common terrestrial coccoid green alga previously assigned to Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). European Journal of Phycology 45(1): 79-95.

Type Information
The authentic strain (CCAP 211/ 1A), cryopreserved in a metabolically inactive state (epitype) Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, Oban , Scotland; (Darienko et al. 2010: 93) Notes: Type culture: Indiana Algal Cult. Coll. no. 20, Cambridge Coll. no. 211/1a, isolated by E.G. Pringsheim [as C. ellipsoidea Gerneck] (INA).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 06 August 2010 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 October 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025

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