Chlorella sorokiniana is a species of freshwater green microalga in the Division Chlorophyta.[2] It has a characteristic emerald-green color and pleasant grass odor. Its cells divide rapidly to produce four new cells every 17 to 24 hours. The alga was described by Martinus W. Beijerinck in 1890.[3] In 1951, the Rockefeller Foundation in collaboration with the Japanese Government and Hiroshi Tamiya developed the technology to grow, harvest and process Chlorella sorokiniana on a large, economically feasible scale. This microalga has also been used extensively as a model system to study enzymes involved in higher plant metabolism.[4]
Chlorella sorokiniana | |
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C. sorokiniana cells 400× magnification | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
Order: | Chlorellales |
Family: | Chlorellaceae |
Genus: | Chlorella |
Species: | C. sorokiniana
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Binomial name | |
Chlorella sorokiniana Shihira & R.W.Krauss[1]
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Also, Chlorella sorokiniana is used to research ways to improve biofuel efficiency.[5][6]
Chlorella sorokiniana is often used as a food supplement[7] or to treat waste water.[8][9]
References
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- ^ "History of Chlorella - Algorigin, Swiss specialist for algae". Natural and organic algae supplements shop.
- ^ "Chlorella sorokiniana - Definition, Glossary, Details - Oilgae". www.oilgae.com.
- ^ Cazzaniga, Stefano; Dall'Osto, Luca; Szaub, Joanna; Scibilia, Luca; Ballottari, Matteo; Purton, Saul; Bassi, Roberto (21 October 2014). "Domestication of the green alga Chlorella sorokiniana: reduction of antenna size improves light-use efficiency in a photobioreactor". Biotechnology for Biofuels. 7 (1): 157. doi:10.1186/s13068-014-0157-z. PMC 4210543. PMID 25352913.
- ^ Huesemann, M.; Chavis, A.; Edmundson, Scott J.; Rye, D.; Hobbs, S.; Sun, N.; Wigmosta, M. (2017-09-13). "Climate-simulated raceway pond culturing: quantifying the maximum achievable annual biomass productivity of Chlorella sorokiniana in the contiguous USA". Journal of Applied Phycology. 30 (1): 287–298. doi:10.1007/s10811-017-1256-6. ISSN 0921-8971.
- ^ Napolitano, Gaetana; Fasciolo, Gianluca; Salbitani, Giovanna; Venditti, Paola (17 September 2020). "Chlorella sorokiniana Dietary Supplementation Increases Antioxidant Capacities and Reduces ROS Release in Mitochondria of Hyperthyroid Rat Liver". Antioxidants. 9 (9): 883. doi:10.3390/antiox9090883. ISSN 2076-3921. PMC 7555375. PMID 32957734.
- ^ Fan, Jie; Cao, Liang; Gao, Cheng; Chen, Yue; Zhang, Tian C. (26 September 2019). "Characteristics of wastewater treatment by Chlorella sorokiniana and comparison with activated sludge". Water Science and Technology. 80 (5): 892–901. doi:10.2166/wst.2019.329. PMID 31746796. S2CID 204131641.
- ^ Thoré, Eli S. J.; Schoeters, Floris; De Cuyper, Audrey; Vleugels, Rut; Noyens, Isabelle; Bleyen, Peter; Van Miert, Sabine (2021). "Waste Is the New Wealth – Recovering Resources From Poultry Wastewater for Multifunctional Microalgae Feedstock". Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2021.679917.