Chlorella lewinii is a euryhaline, unicellular microalga in the Division Chlorophyta. It is spherical to oval-shaped, is solitary and lacks a mucilaginous envelope.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Chlorella |
| Species: | C. lewinii
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlorella lewinii Bock, Krienitz & Pröschold, 2011
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References
edit- ^ Bock, Christina, Lothar Krienitz, and Thomas Proeschold. "Taxonomic reassessment of the genus Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) using molecular signatures (barcodes), including description of seven new species." Fottea11.2 (2011): 293-312.
Further reading
edit- Bashan, Yoav, et al. "Chlorella sorokiniana (formerly C. vulgaris) UTEX 2714, a non-thermotolerant microalga useful for biotechnological applications and as a reference strain." Journal of Applied Phycology (2015): 1–9.
- Pongpadung, Piyawat, et al. "Screening for hydrogen-producing strains of green microalgae in phosphorus or sulphur deprived medium under nitrogen limitation." ScienceAsia 41.2 (2015): 97–107.
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