Chilomonas is a genus of freshwater cryptophytes, including the species Chilomonas paramecium.[2] Members of this genus are osmotrophic heterotrophs possessing leucoplasts but not pigmented plastids.[3] The periplastidial compartment contains multiple nucleomorphs.[3]
| Chilomonas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Superclass: | Cryptomonada |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | Cryptomonadales |
| Family: | Cryptomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Chilomonas Ehrenberg ex Ralfs, 1831 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Chilomonas paramecium Ehrenberg 1831 | |
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References
edit- ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Chilomonas". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
- ↑ Bowen KR, Flanagan KB, Acree WE, Abraham MH (October 2006). "Correlating toxicities of organic compounds to select protozoa using the Abraham model". Sci. Total Environ. 369 (1–3): 109–18. Bibcode:2006ScTEn.369..109B. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.05.008. PMID 16759684.
- 1 2 Lee, John. J.; Leedale, Gordon F.; Bradbury, Phyllis, eds. (2000). An illustrated guide to the Protozoa (2nd ed.). Society of Protozoologists; Allen Press Inc. ISBN 1-891276-22-0.
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