chlorella

chlo·rel·la

C0313400 (klə-rĕl′ə)n. Any of various unicellular green algae of the genus Chlorella.

[New Latin Chlōrella, genus name, from Greek khlōros, green; see chloro-.]

chlorella

(klɔːˈrɛlə; klə-) n (Microbiology) any microscopic unicellular green alga of the genus Chlorella: some species are used in the preparation of human food[C19: from New Latin, from chloro- + Latin -ella, diminutive suffix]

chlo•rel•la

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n., pl. -las. any of the freshwater unicellular green algae of the genus Chlorella. [< New Latin (1890); see chloro-¹, -ella] chlo•rel•la•ceous (ˌklɔr əˈleɪ ʃəs, ˌkloʊr-) adj.

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chlorella - any alga of the genus Chlorellaalga, algae - primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leavesgenus Chlorella - nonmotile unicellular green algae potentially important as source of high-grade protein and B-complex vitamins

Chlorella

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Chlorella

a genus of microscopic unicellular green algae of the class Protococcophyceae. The cells, which are spherical or ellipsoid and contained in a cellulose envelope, may have one parietal chloroplast with a pyrenoid or no chloroplast and one nucleus. The organisms store starch and oil. They reproduce by means of autospores. The USSR has about ten species, which are distributed throughout the country. They are cultivated on a wide scale as a possible source of food and fodder, for the biological purification of sewage, and for the regeneration of air in closed ecosystems, for example, in spaceships and submarines.

REFERENCES

Muzafarov, A. M., T. T. Taubaev, and R. A. Seliametov. Khlorella i ee ispol’zovanie v zhivotnovodstve. Tashkent, 1974.
Andreeva, V. M. Rod Chlorella: Morfologiia, sistematika, printsipy klassifikatsii. Leningrad, 1975.
Fott, B., and M. Nováková. “A Monograph of the Genus Chlorella: The Freshwater Species.” In Studies in Phycology. Prague, 1969.

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noun any alga of the genus Chlorella

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