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The genus Dunaliella of the order Volvocales includes a variety of ill-defined species of unicellular green microscopic algae (Butcher, 1959). Members of the genus Dunaliella are generally ovoid in shape, 4-15μm wide and 10-25μm long. The cells are motile, due to the presence of two equal long flagellae in each cell, and contain one large cup-shaped chloroplast which occupies about half of the cell volume. The chloroplast contains a large pyrenoid surrounded by polysaccharide granules, the storage product.
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Ben-Amotz, A., Avron, M. (1980). Osmoregulation in the Halophilic Algae Dunaliella and Asteromonas . In: Rains, D.W., Valentine, R.C., Hollaender, A. (eds) Genetic Engineering of Osmoregulation. Basic Life Sciences, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3725-6_8
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