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Classification of Chlorella strains by cell wall sugar composition

1988; Elsevier BV; Volume: 27; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0031-9422(88)83025-5

1873-3700

Hiroshi Takeda,

Marine and coastal ecosystems

Nineteen strains of Chlorella saccharophila, C. ellipsoidea, C. vulgaris, C. sorokiniana, C. kessleri, C. fusca and C. pyrenoidosa were classified by means of cell-wall sugar composition, stainability with Ruthenium Red and optical anisotropy of the cell walls. The strains tested are divisible into two distinctly different groups by the presence of either glucose and smaller amount of mannose or glucosamine in the rigid wall. C. saccharophila, C. ellipsoidea, C.fusca and C. pyrenoidosa belong to the group with glucose and mannose, whereas C. vulgaris, C. sorokiniana and C. kessleri belong to that with glucosamine.