Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Chlorophyceae
Order Volvocales
Family Haematococcaceae
Genus Haematococcus
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA: birdbath. 07 Apr 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA: birdbath. 07 Apr 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA: birdbath, cyst. 07 Apr 2008. Karl Bruun. © Karl Bruun.
India. Sathi Ravi Kanth Reddy. © Sathi Ravi Kanth Reddy.
Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA: birdbath
Publication details
Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow 1844: 415, 537, pls XXIV, XXV
Original publication: Flotow, J. von (1844). Beobachtungen über Haematococcus pluvialis. Verh. K. Leopol.-Carol. Akad. Naturf. 20: .
Type species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Haematococcus.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), produced by rain.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sphaerella pluvialis (Flotow) Wittrock
General environment
This is a Freshwater species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow)
Europe: Britain (Pentecost 2002), Germany (Toepel et al 2005), Portugal (Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas 1982, Alvárez Cobelas & Gallardo 1986, Aboal 1988b, Cambra Sánchez, Álvarez Cobelas & Aboal Sanjurjo 1998).
South America: Argentina (Damiani et al 2006).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
Key references
Damiani, M.C., Leonardi, P.I., Pieroni, O.I. & Caceres, E.J. (2006). Ultrastucture of the cyst wall of Haemotococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae): wall development and behaviour during cyst germination. Phycologia 45: 616-623.
Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.
Pentecost, A. (2002). Order Volvocales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 303-327. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture 2505 Haematococcus pluvialis
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 34/6 Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow
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NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 1,141 samples identified as Haematococcus pluvialis.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 29 August 2009 by M.D. Guiry
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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Fábregas, J., Domínguez, A., Maseda, A. & Otero, A. (2003). Interactions between irradiance and nutrient availability during astaxanthin accumulation and degradation in Haematococcus pluvialis. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 61: 545-551.
Fan, L., Vonshak, A. & Boussiba, S. (1994). Effect of temperature and irradiance on growth of Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 30: 829-833, 6 figs.
Flotow, J. von (1844). Beobachtungen über Haematococcus pluvialis. Verh. K. Leopol.-Carol. Akad. Naturf. 20: .
Hagen, C., Grünewald, K., Schmidt, S. & Müller, J. (2000). Accumulation of secondary carotenoids in flagellates of Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyta) is accompanied by an increase in per unit chlorophyll productivity of photosynthesis. European Journal of Phycology 35: 75-82, 5 figs, 2 tables.
Harker, M. & Young, A.J. (1995). Inhibition of astaxanthin synthesis in the green alga, Haematococcus pluvialis. European Journal of Phycology 30: 179-187, 8 figs, 3 tables.
Kathiresan, S., Chandrashekar, A., Ravishankar, G.A. & Sarada, R. (2009). Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae, Volvocales). Journal of Phycology 45(3): 642-649, 6 figs, 3 tables.
Kobayashi, M., Kakizono, T. & Nagai, S. (1991). Astaxanthin production by a green alga, Haematococcus pluvialis accompanied with morphological changes in acetate media. J Ferment Bioeng 71(5): 335-339.
Lund, J.W.G. (1950). Algological notes IV-VI. IV. Motility in unicellular and colonial Myxophyceae and records of the occurrence of some of the species in Great Britain. V. Chlamydomonas terricola Gerloff. VI. The distribution and ecology of Stephanosphaera pluvialis cohn with a note on Haematococcus lacustris Flotow e. Wille. Naturalist, Hull 1950: 143-148.
Meng, C., Liang, C.W., Su, Z.L., Qin, S. & Tseng, C.K. (2006). There are two 5'-flanking regions of bkt encoding beta-carotene ketolase in Haematococcus pluvialis. Phycologia 45: 218-224.
Pringsheim, E.G. (1951). Smärre uppsatser och meddelanden. Haematococcus droebakensis und Stephanosphaera pluvialis am Erken-See in Schweden. Botaniska Notiser : .
Qiu, B. & Li, Y. (2005). Photosynthetic acclimation and photoprotective mechanism of Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae) during the accumulation of secondary carotenoids at elevated irradiation. Phycologia 117-126: .
Tan, S., Cunningham, F.X., Jr, Youmans, M., Grabowski, B., Sun, Z. & Gantt, E. (1995). Cytochrome f loss in astaxanthin-accumulating red cells of Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae): comparison of photosynthetic activity, photosynthetic enzymes, and thylakoid membrane polypeptides in red and green cells. Journal of Phycology 31: 897-905, 6 figs, 1 table.
Torzillo, G., Göksan, T., Isik, O. & Gökpinar, S. (2005). Photon irradiance required to support optimal growth and interrelations between irradiance and pigment composition in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis. European Journal of Phycology 40: 233-240.
Triki, A., Maillard, P. & Gudin, C. (1997). Gametogenesis in Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 36: 190-194, 8 figs, 1 table.
Wang, B., Zarka, A., Trebst, A. & Boussiba, S. (2003). Astaxanthin accumulation in Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae) as an active photoprotective process under high irradiance. Journal of Phycology 39: 1116-1124.
Zhekiseva, M., Boussiba, S., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Zarka, A. & Cohen, Z. (2002). Accumulation of oleic acid in Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae) under nitrogen starvation or high light is correlated with that of astaxanthin esters. Journal of Phycology 38: 325-331.
Zhekisheva, M., Zarka, A., Khozin-Goldberg, I., Cohen, Z. & Boussiba, S. (2005). Inhibition of astaxanthin synthesis under high radiance does not abolish triacylglycerol accumulation in the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 41: 819-826.
Zlotnik (Schmerler), I., Sukenik, A. & Dubinsky, Z. (1993). Physiological and photosynthetic changes during the formation of red aplanospores in the chlorophyte Haematococcus pluvialis. Journal of Phycology 29: 463 -469, 1 fig, 2 tables.
