Trebouxia

Trebouxia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Viridiplantae
Phylum:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
Order:	Microthamniales
Genus:	Trebouxia Puymaly
Species
T. asymmetrica T. impressa T. magna T. usneae T. jamesii T. arboricola T. gelatinosa T. erici T. corticola T. galapagensis T. higginsiae T. gigantea T. flava T. potteri T. showmanii T. incrustata T. anticipata T. aggregata T. excentrica T. glomerata T. irregularis T. pyriformis T. decolorans T. crenulata T. italiana

Trebouxia is a genus of unicellular green algae in the order Microthamniales. They are common algal symbionts in lichens, but can also be found free-living.^[1]

Trebouxia algae commonly occur as symbionts in lichens, such as Xanthoria parietina.

References

↑ Bubrick, P.; Galun, M.; Frensdorff, A. (1984). "Observations on free-living Trebouxia De Puymaly and Pseudotrebouxia Archibald, and evidence that both symbionts from Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. can be found free-living in nature". New Phytologist 97 (3): 455–462. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1984.tb03611.x. ISSN 0028-646X.

External links

Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Trebouxia". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Trebouxia (images of British biodiversity)

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