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Diacronema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Phylum:	Haptista
Subphylum:	Haptophytina
Class:	Pavlovophyceae
Order:	Pavlovales
Family:	Pavlovaceae
Genus:	Diacronema Prauser, 1958
Species
Diacronema vlkianum Prauser Diacronema lutheri Droop

Diacronema is a genus of haptophytes.

It includes the species Diacronema vlkianum.

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 and a haptonema. D.lutheri is capable of producing a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). This characteristic is therefore widely used to feed bivalve molluscs, crustaceans and fish.

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. ^ 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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