Pycnococcaceae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Pycnococcaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Prasinophyceae |
| Order: | Pseudoscourfieldiales |
| Family: | Pycnococcaceae |
| Genera | |
In taxonomy, the Pycnococcaceae are a family of algae, specifically of the Pseudoscourfieldiales.[1] The defining features of this family include the single invagination of the pyrenoid where the mitochondrial membrane fits into it [2] and the "decapore" - a ring of 10 pores through the thick cell wall. [3]
Contents |
[edit] References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Pycnococcaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Guillard et al. 1991 Pycnococcus provasolii, a coccoid prasinoxanthin containing phytoplankter from the Western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Phycology 27:39–47.
- ^ Sieburth et al. 1999 Widespread occurrence of the oceanic ultraplankter Prasinococcus capsulatus (Prasinophyceae), the diagnostic "Golgi-Decapore complex" and the newly discovered polysaccharide "capsulan"
[edit] External links
[edit] Scientific references
- PubMed references for Pycnococcaceae
- PubMed Central references for Pycnococcaceae
- Google Scholar references for Pycnococcaceae
[edit] Scientific databases
- NCBI taxonomy page for Pycnococcaceae
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Pycnococcaceae
- Search Species2000 page for Pycnococcaceae
 |
This Alga-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
