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Euglena viridis

Euglena viridis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Euglenida
Clade: Euglenophyceae
Order: Euglenales
Family: Euglenaceae
Genus: Euglena
Species:
E. viridis
Binomial name
Euglena viridis
(O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg

Euglena viridis is a freshwater, single cell, mixotroph microalgae bearing a secondary chloroplast.[1] Their chloroplast is bounded by three layers of membrane without a nucleomorph.[2] Normally, it is 40–65 μm long, slightly bigger than other well-known Euglena species: Euglena gracilis.[3]

  1. ^ Zimorski, Verena; Ku, Chuan; Martin, William F; Gould, Sven B (2014-12-01). "Endosymbiotic theory for organelle origins". Current Opinion in Microbiology. Growth and development: eukaryotes/ prokaryotes. 22: 38–48. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2014.09.008. ISSN 1369-5274. PMID 25306530.
  2. ^ Zakryś, Bożena; Milanowski, Rafał; Karnkowska, Anna (2017), Schwartzbach, Steven D.; Shigeoka, Shigeru (eds.), "Evolutionary Origin of Euglena", Euglena: Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol. 979, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 3–17, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54910-1_1, ISBN 978-3-319-54910-1, PMID 28429314, retrieved 2021-12-29
  3. ^ Podwin, Agnieszka; Kubicki, Wojciech; Dziuban, Jan A. (2017-07-07). "Study of the behavior of Euglena viridis, Euglena gracilis and Lepadella patella cultured in all-glass microaquarium". Biomedical Microdevices. 19 (3): 63. doi:10.1007/s10544-017-0205-0. ISSN 1572-8781. PMC 5501897. PMID 28688071.

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