The ultrastructure of Chlorella minutissima Fott et Nováková (Chlorophyceae, Chlorococcales)

Abstract
Chlorella minutissima Fott et Nováková has been recorded for the first time in New Zealand from the stagnant inshore waters of Lake Pupuke, Auckland, New Zealand. Its ultrastructure has been investigated by transmission electron microscopy, from serial sections and freeze-fracture preparations. The extremely small cells, 1 · 8–3 · 0 μm in diameter, are bounded by a thin cell wall with an outer sporopollenin-containing layer. Each cell contains a single nucleus, chloroplast, pyrenoid, dictyosome and branched mitochondrion. The spatial relationships of the various organelles are discussed.

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