| Lobosphaera | |
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| Lobosphaera incisa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Trebouxiales |
| Family: | Trebouxiaceae |
| Genus: | Lobosphaera Reisigl |
| Type species | |
| Lobosphaera tirolensis Reisigl[1]
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| Species[1] | |
Lobosphaera is a genus of green algae in the family Trebouxiaceae.[2] It was originally described from soils in Austria,[1] but has since been found in freshwater habitats and as a symbiont within lichens.[3]
Lobosphaera consists of solitary, spherical cells around 15 μm in diameter, surrounded by a thin cell wall. Cells contain a single chloroplast that is parietal with marginal indentations. Chloroplasts lack pyrenoids but have starch grains. Reproduction is asexual and occurs by the formation of 4-32 autospores; these are released by the rupture of the parental cell wall.[1] Species in the genus Lobosphaera have also been placed in Myrmecia.[4]
- ^ a b c d Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Lobosphaera". AlgaeBase. University of Galway. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Lobosphaera. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Lee, Seungki; Lim, Se Ra; Jeong, Dae Gwin; Kim, Ji Hyung (2018). "Characterization of an Oleaginous Unicellular Green Microalga, Lobosphaera incisa (Reisigl, 1964) Strain K-1, Isolated from a Tidal Flat in the Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea". Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 2159. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02159. PMC 6139321. PMID 30250461.
- ^ Ettl, Hanuš; Gärtner, Georg (2013). Syllabus der Boden-, Luft- und Flechtenalgen (in German) (2nd ed.). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642394614.