Brock Biology of Microorganisms, MasteringMicrobiology with eText and Access Card (14th Edition)
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Green algae are common in aquatic environments and can be unicellular, filamentous, colonial, or multicellular. A unicellular green alga, Ostreococcus, has the smallest genome known for a phototrophic eukaryote, while the green alga Volvox is a model colonial phototroph.
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