Aureococcus anophagefferens is a species of heterokont alga. Its cells have a single chloroplast, nucleus, and mitochondrion and an unusual exocellular polysaccharide-like layer. It causes harmful algal blooms.[1][2] It is the only species in the genus Aureococcus.
| Aureococcus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Dictyochophyceae |
| Order: | Pelagomonadales |
| Family: | Pelagomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Aureococcus |
| Species: | A. anophagefferens |
| Binomial name | |
| Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves & Sieburth, 1988 | |
References
Further reading
- Zhang, Qing-Chun; Qiu, Li-Mei; Yu, Ren-Cheng; Kong, Fan-Zhou; Wang, Yun-Feng; Yan, Tian; Gobler, Christopher J.; Zhou, Ming-Jiang (2012). "Emergence of brown tides caused by Aureococcus anophagefferens Hargraves et Sieburth in China". Harmful Algae. 19: 117–124. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2012.06.007. ISSN 1568-9883.
- Randhawa, Varunpreet; Thakkar, Megha; Wei, Liping (15 October 2013). "Effect of algal growth phase on Aureococcus anophagefferens susceptibility to hydrogen peroxide". Aquatic Toxicology. 142: 230–238. Bibcode:2013AqTox.142..230R. doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.08.015. PMID 24055756.
- Dong, Hong-Po; Huang, Kai-Xuan; Wang, Hua-Long; Cen, Jing-Yi; Dong, Yue-Lei (22 October 2014). "Understanding Strategy of Nitrate and Urea Assimilation in a Chinese Strain of Aureococcus anophagefferens through RNA-Seq Analysis". PLOS ONE. 9 (10): e111069. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k1069D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111069. PMC 4206512. PMID 25338000.
- Brown, Christopher (October 2014). "Attenuation of virus production at high multiplicities of infection in Aureococcus anophagefferens". Virology. 466–467: 71–81. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2014.07.023. PMID 25104555.