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Chlorogonium
Chlorogonium euchlorum
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Chlorophyceae
Order:	Chlamydomonadales
Family:	Haematococcaceae
Genus:	Chlorogonium Ehrenberg, 1836
Species
Chlorogonium capillatum Chlorogonium elegans Chlorogonium elongatum Chlorogonium euchlorum Chlorogonium fusiforme Chlorogonium neglectum Chlorogonium kasakii

Chlorogonium is a genus of green algae in the family Haematococcaceae. This alga has a notable mutualistic relationship with the American toad, allowing the tadpoles to develop faster when covered with Chlorogonium.

See also

• Oophila amblystomatis, a similar amphibian mutualistic alga

References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Chlorogonium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. Tumlison, Renn; Trauth, Stanley E. (July 2006). "A novel facultative mutualistic relationship between bufonid tadpoles and flagellated green algae" (PDF). Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 1: 51–55.

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