Definition of Chlorella

1. Noun. Any alga of the genus Chlorella.

Generic synonyms: Alga, Algae
Group relationships: Genus Chlorella

Definition of Chlorella

1. Noun. Any single-celled green alga, of the genus ''Chlorella'', found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chlorella

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Chlorella

1. Nonmotile unicellular green algae potentially valuable as a source of high-grade protein and b-complex vitamins. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlorella

chlorbetamide
chlorbutol
chlorcyclizine
chlorcyclizine hydrochloride
chlordan
chlordane
chlordanes
chlordans
chlordantoin
chlordecone
chlordecone reductase
chlordesmethyldiazepam
chlordiazepoxide
chlordiazepoxide hydrochloride
chlordimeform
chlorella (current term)
chlorellas
chloremia
chlorenchyma
chlorenchymas
chlorethene homopolymer
chlorethoxyfos
chlorfenapyr
chlorfenvinphos
chlorguanide
chlorguanide hydrochloride
chlorhexadol
chlorhexidine
chlorhexidine hydrochloride
chlorhydria

Literary usage of Chlorella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"chlorella symbionts from Paramecium cultured under a variety of conditions both inside and outside the protozoan host displayed strikingly different ..."

2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"138 Cells spherical, ellipsoidal, or irregular. Membrane smooth 139 Cells spherical; chromatophore a single, hollow sphere with one pyrenoid chlorella ..."

3. Gene Expression in Algae and Fungi Including Yeast: Bibliography January by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (2001)
"The spectral properties of this protein (reduced and oxidi/.ed) in the 400-600 nm region are identical with those of native chlorella NR and indicate that ..."

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