Botryococcus

Botryococcus; Temporal range: Precambrian - Recent >542–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Botryococcus braunii
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
Order:	Trebouxiales
Family:	Botryococcaceae
Genus:	Botryococcus; Kützing, 1849
Type species
	Botryococcus braunii;
Species
	See text

Short description: Genus of algae

Botryococcus is a genus of green algae. The cells form an irregularly shaped aggregate. Thin filaments connect the cells. The cell body is ovoid, 6 to 10 μm long, and 3 to 6 μm wide. Fossils of the genus are known since Precambrian times, and form the single largest biological contributor to crude oil, and are a major component of oil shales.^[2]

Taxonomy

The genus and its holotype were described in 1849 by Friedrich Traugott Kützing.^[3]

Description

Appears as colonies of cells irregularly arranges cells in a folded mucilage. Cells spherical or oval, chloroplast net-like with a single pyrenoid.^[4]

Ecology

The algae is frequently found in plankton in waters with differing characteristics and a wide geographic distribution. It is an important component of algal blooms and the discoloration of water.^[5] It is known to reproduce asexually but zoospores and sexual reproduction are unknown.^[1]

Species

There are 13 accepted species in the genus.^[1]

Botryococcus australis J.Komárek & P.Marvan 1992
Botryococcus balkachicus Zalessky
Botryococcus braunii Kützing 1849
Botryococcus calcareus West 1892
Botryococcus canadensis F.Hindák 1991
Botryococcus comperei J.Komárek & P.Marvan 1992
Botryococcus fernandoi J.Komárek & P.Marvan 1992
Botryococcus neglectus (West & G.S.West) J.Komárek & P.Marvan 1992
Botryococcus pila J.Komárek & P.Marvan 1992
Botryococcus protuberans West & G.S.West 1905
Botryococcus pusillus Goor 1924
Botryococcus terribilis Komárek & Marvan 1992
Botryococcus terricola Klebs 1883

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Genus: Botryococcus taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.. 20 December 2011. https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43502. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
↑ Tennant, Richard K.; Lux, Thomas M.; Sambles, Christine M.; Kuhn, Nikolaus J.; Petticrew, Ellen L.; Oldfield, Richard; Parker, David A.; Hatton, Jackie et al. (2019-02-11). "Palaeogenomics of the Hydrocarbon Producing Microalga Botryococcus braunii" (in en). Scientific Reports 9 (1): 1776. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-38236-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 30742038. Bibcode: 2019NatSR...9.1776T.
↑ Kützing, Friedrich Traugott (1849). Species Algarum. Brockhaus. p. 892.
↑ Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, T.K (Ed) 2007. New Survey of Clare Island Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN<978-1-904890-31-7
↑ Fanés Treviño, Ingrid; Sánchez Castillo, Pedro; Comas González, Augusto (2009). "Contribution to the taxonomic study of the family Botryococcaceae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) in southern Spain". Cryptogamie, Algologie 30: 17-30. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/cryptogamie-algologie2009v30f1a2.pdf. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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[Algaebase-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Genus: Botryococcus taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.. 20 December 2011. https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43502. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[2] Tennant, Richard K.; Lux, Thomas M.; Sambles, Christine M.; Kuhn, Nikolaus J.; Petticrew, Ellen L.; Oldfield, Richard; Parker, David A.; Hatton, Jackie et al. (2019-02-11). "Palaeogenomics of the Hydrocarbon Producing Microalga Botryococcus braunii" (in en). Scientific Reports 9 (1): 1776. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-38236-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMID 30742038. Bibcode: 2019NatSR...9.1776T.

[Kutzing-3] Kützing, Friedrich Traugott (1849). Species Algarum. Brockhaus. p. 892.

[Guiry-4] Guiry, M.D., John, D.M., Rindi, F. and McCarthy, T.K (Ed) 2007. New Survey of Clare Island Volume 6: The Freshwater and Terrestrial Algae. Royal Irish Academy. ISBN<978-1-904890-31-7

[trevino-5] Fanés Treviño, Ingrid; Sánchez Castillo, Pedro; Comas González, Augusto (2009). "Contribution to the taxonomic study of the family Botryococcaceae (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) in southern Spain". Cryptogamie, Algologie 30: 17-30. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/cryptogamie-algologie2009v30f1a2.pdf. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

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