Chlorella sorokiniana
| Chlorella sorokiniana | |
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| C. sorokiniana cells 400× magnification | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Chlorella |
| Species: | C. sorokiniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlorella sorokiniana Shihira & R.W.Krauss[1]
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Chlorella sorokiniana is a species of freshwater green
Martinus W. Beijerinck in 1890.[3] In 1951, the Rockefeller Foundation in collaboration with the Japanese Government and Hiroshi Tamiya developed the technology to grow, harvest and process Chlorella sorokiniana on a large, economically feasible scale. This microalga has also been used extensively as a model system to study enzymes involved in higher plant metabolism.[4]
Also, Chlorella sorokiniana is used to research ways to improve biofuel efficiency.[5][6]
Chlorella sorokiniana is often used as a
References
- ^ "Chlorella sorokiniana Shihira & R.W.Krauss 1965 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org.
- ^ "SAG 211-8k Chlorella sorokiniana". sagdb.uni-goettingen.de.
- ^ "History of Chlorella - Algorigin, Swiss specialist for algae". Natural and organic algae supplements shop.
- ^ "Chlorella sorokiniana - Definition, Glossary, Details - Oilgae". www.oilgae.com.
- PMID 25352913.
- ISSN 0921-8971.
- PMID 32957734.
- S2CID 204131641.
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