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Revision as of 00:27, 28 November 2023
Classification:
Eukarya, Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae, Chlamydomonadales, Volvocaceae
Species:
Volvox africanus
Description and Significance:
Volvox africanus are photosynthetic, multicellular eukaryotic microbes that live in clusters. A part of a freshwater, green algae genus. Volvox species exist as cell colonies within their own little bubble. They contain up to 6,000 cells within a gelatinous barrier. Large clusters can barely be spotted with the naked eye. First discovered by Anton von Leeuwenhook in the 1700s.
Genome Structure: Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces
This species has a haploid genome, with 141 mb. The genome contains about 101 genes coding for 37,566 proteins.
Cell Structure, Metabolism, and Life Cycle:
Ecology and Pathogenesis: Habitat; symbiosis; biogeochemical significance; contributions to environment.
If relevant, how does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence
factors, as well as patient symptom
Live in freshwaters sources, typically found in South Africa and other southern african countries.
Volvox species are non-pathogenic.
Authors:
This page is author by Hayden Hull, student of Professor Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.
Pages edited by students of Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington
