Chlorella is a genus of about thirteen species of single-celled green algae, found as spherical or slightly ellipsoidal cells measuring 2 to 10 micrometers in diameter, each with a single chloroplast and no flagella. It multiplies rapidly given carbon dioxide, water, sunlight and minimal minerals, with a photosynthetic efficiency of about 8 percent that exceeds many conventional crops, and it has been used in Nobel Prize-winning research by Otto Heinrich Warburg and Melvin Calvin.
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Source Wikidata: Chlorella
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1. Wikidata: Chlorella
- Wikidata Q133017, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikipedia 'Chlorella': chloroplasts contain the green photosynthetic pigments chlorophyll-a and -b
- Wikipedia 'Chlorella': has been considered as a source of food and energy because its photosynthetic efficiency can reach 8%
- Child Taxon Of: Chlorophyta, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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Chlorella
In Group: Green Microalgae (Chlorophyta and Charophyta), Lead
Chlorella is a genus of about thirteen species of single-celled or colonial green algae of the division Chlorophyta.
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