Chlorella minutissima
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Chlorella minutissima |
Description and significance
Chlorella Minutissima is an unicelluar marine alga that has chorophyll a and b, and synthesizes starch like plants. Some sources classify algae into plants, such as the Australian Antarctic Data Centre 2. However, algae are more often categorized into Kingdom Protista, which belongs to the domain Eukarya. Therefore algae have membrane enclosed nucleus, yet the internal structures of algae are simpler than those of plants. Chlorella minutissima is rich in amino acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5co3), which makes Chlorella Minutissima potentially useful in health foods and pharmaceuticals 3.
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References
[1] http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/3081
[2] http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/taxon_profile.cfm?taxon_id=116567
[3] Seto,A., Wang,H.L. and Hesseltine,C.W. Culture Conditions Affect Eicosapentaenoic Acid Content of Chlorella minutissima. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, Volume 61, Number 5. May, 1984, p.892-894.