Ochromonas

Ochromonas
Orchromonas (Chrysophyceae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Chrysophyceae
Order: Ochromonadales
Family: Ochromonadaceae
Genus: Ochromonas
Vysotskii

Ochromonas is a genus of algae belonging to the family Ochromonadaceae.[1][2]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

Chlorosulfolipids, a class of biologically active compounds, was first discovered in some Ochromonas species.[4]

Species

Accepted species:[5]

(?) not accepted by GBIF in August 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lemmermann, E. (1899). "Das Phytoplankton sächsischer Teiche" [The phytoplankton of Saxon ponds] (PDF). Forschungsberichte aus der Biologischen Station zu Plön (in German). 7: 96–135.
  2. ^ Kristiansen, Jørgen; Škaloud, Pavel. "Chrysophyta". In Archibald, J.; Simpson, A.; Slamovits, C. (eds.). Handbook of the Protists. Cham: Springer. pp. 331–366. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28149-0_43.
  3. ^ a b "Ochromonas Vysotskii". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. ^ Chen, L. L.; Pousada, M.; Haines, T. H. J. Biol. Chem. 1976, 251, 1835–1842
  5. ^ Throndsen, Jahn (1997), "The Planktonic Marine Flagellates", Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Elsevier, pp. 591–729, doi:10.1016/b978-012693018-4/50007-0, ISBN 978-0-12-693018-4, retrieved 2022-05-28