Diacronema is a genus of haptophytes.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Phylum: | Haptista |
| Subphylum: | Haptophytina |
| Class: | Pavlovophyceae |
| Order: | Pavlovales |
| Family: | Pavlovaceae |
| Genus: | Diacronema Prauser, 1958 |
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It includes the species Diacronema vlkianum.[1]
The Diacronema genus also includes the marine alga Diacronema lutheri. D. lutheri is a flagellated mobile microalga. It has two apical flagella of different lengths[2] and a haptonema. D.lutheri is capable of producing a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).[3] This characteristic is therefore widely used to feed bivalve molluscs, crustaceans and fish.[3]
References
edit- ^ Inagaki, Yuji; Ehara, Megumi; Watanabe, Kazuo I.; Hayashi-Ishimaru, Yasuko; Ohama, Takeshi (1998). "Directionally Evolving Genetic Code: The UGA Codon from Stop to Tryptophan in Mitochondria". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 47 (4): 378–84. Bibcode:1998JMolE..47..378I. doi:10.1007/PL00006395. PMID 9767683. S2CID 6729806.
- ^ Bendif, El Mahdi; Probert, Ian; Hervé, Annie; Billard, Chantal; Goux, Didier; Lelong, Christophe; Cadoret, Jean-Paul; Véron, Benoît (2011). "Integrative Taxonomy of the Pavlovophyceae (Haptophyta): A Reassessment". Protist. 162 (5): 738–61. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.05.001. PMID 21715228.
- ^ a b Meireles, Luís A.; Guedes, A. Catarina; Malcata, F. Xavier (2003). "Lipid Class Composition of the Microalga Pavlova lutheri: Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acids". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 51 (8): 2237–41. doi:10.1021/jf025952y. PMID 12670163.
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