Chlorella pyrenoidosa
| Chlorella pyrenoidosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Chlorella |
| Species: |
Chlorella pyrenoidosa Chick, 1903 |
Chlorella pyrenoidosa is a species of the freshwater green algae genus Chlorella. It occurs worldwide. The species name pyrenoidosa refers to the presence of a prominent pyrenoid within the Chlorella chloroplast.
Chlorella pyrenoidosa has been used medicinally as a chelatory agent, for example to extract dioxins and dioxin-like compounds from the body.
Possible medicinal uses include:
The pyrenoidosa specie have been used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Boraas (1983) reported a mutation in a population of Chlorella pyrenoidosa kept in his lab as a food stock for a population of flagellates. Due to a malfunction of his equipment some of the flagellates got in the Chlorella's tank. This caused a mutation from unicellular to multicellular.
This algae was used in a 1961 study by Boeing to see about feasibility for the use of algae providing oxygen on space missions.
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