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Name derivation:
“Looks like a green bundle” – Green Chloro- bundle –sarcino- looks like –opsis
Classification:
Chlorosarcinopsis Herndon 1958; 12 of 22 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically Order Chlamydomonadales; Family Chlorosarcinaceae
Morphology:
Individual cells are spheres, compressed together into grape like groups.
Similar genera:
Chlorosarcina
Habitat:
Found in soils of ranging from North America to Saudi Arabia.
References:
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 September 2013. Patterson, D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Herndon, W. 1958. Studies on chlorosphaeracean algae from soil. American Journal of Botany 45(4): 298-308.