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Dictyochloropsis reticulata

Dictyochloropsis reticulata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Microthamniales
Genus: Dictyochloropsis
Species: D. reticulata
Binomial name
Dictyochloropsis reticulata
Tschermak-Woess (1984)

Dictyochloropsis reticulata is a species of green algae in the Microthamniales. It is a known as a photobiont (photosynthetic symbiont) with several lichen species, like Lobaria pulmonaria, but also as a free-living soil alga as well.Phylogenetic analysis of rRNA sequence data revealed that the species shares a sister group relationship with two other green algae that lack motile stages, Chlorella saccharophila and C. luteoviridis.


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