Symbiochloris reticulata

Symbiochloris reticulata is a species of green alga in the Trebouxiales. It is a known as a photobiont (photosynthetic symbiont) with several lichen species, like Lobaria pulmonaria, but also as a free-living soil alga as well.^[2] Phylogenetic analysis of rRNA sequence data revealed that the species shares a sister group relationship with two other green algae that lack motile stages, Chlorella saccharophila and C. luteoviridis.^[3]

Symbiochloris reticulata
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
Order:	Trebouxiales
Family:	Trebouxiaceae
Genus:	Symbiochloris
Species:	S. reticulata
Binomial name
Symbiochloris reticulata (Tschermak-Woess) Škaloud, Friedl, A.Beck & Dal Grande[1]
Synonyms[1]
Myrmecia reticulata Tschermak-Woess Dictyochloropsis reticulata (Tschermak-Woess) Tschermak-Woess

Symbiochloris reticulata consists of single, spherical or slightly ellipsoidal cells 4-13(-15) μm in diameter. The cells have a parietal chloroplast which is net-like in structure. Asexual reproduction occurs by the formation of four or eight (sometimes 16) autospores, which are released by the rupture of the parent cell wall.^[4]