zoochlorella

/zoh-uh-kluh-rel-uh/US // ˌzoʊ ə kləˈrɛl ə //

藻类,小球藻,藻类植物,竺可桢

Definitions

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plural zo·o·chlo·rel·lae [zoh-uh-kluh-rel-ee], /ˌzoʊ ə kləˈrɛl i/, zo·o·chlo·rel·las.
- : any of various symbiotic green algae in the cytoplasm of certain freshwater invertebrates, as stentors and hydras.

Similar yellow zooxanthella or green zoochlorella are found as symbionta in the tissues of many animals.
Diameter 25 to 80µ; pseudopodia twice as long as the body diameter; the plasm often contains chlorophyll bodies (Zoochlorella).
The plasm is colorless or green by the presence of Zoochlorella, or colored brown or black by pigments.
Colorless forms of medium size-in some cases they may be green by Zoochlorella.
They may be colorless, or yellow and green through the presence of Zoochlorella.