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Chlorogonium Ehrenberg 1836

Chlorogonium

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Chlorogonium is a genus of green algae in the family Haematococcaceae.^[1] This alga has a notable mutualistic relationship with the American toad, allowing the tadpoles to develop faster when covered with Chlorogonium.^[2]

See also

Oophila amblystomatis, a similar amphibian mutualistic alga

References

^ See the NCBI webpage on Chlorogonium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
^ Tumlison, Renn; Trauth, Stanley E. (July 2006). "A novel facultative mutualistic relationship between bufonid tadpoles and flagellated green algae" (PDF). Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 1: 51–55.

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Chlorogonium: Brief Summary

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Chlorogonium is a genus of green algae in the family Haematococcaceae. This alga has a notable mutualistic relationship with the American toad, allowing the tadpoles to develop faster when covered with Chlorogonium.

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Classification

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Often classified in the family Chlamydomonadaceae, ordo Volvocales.

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