Spirogyra, named for its spiral arrangement of chloroplasts (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Spirogyra, named for its spiral arrangement of chloroplasts

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Spirogyra, named for its spiral arrangement of chloroplasts, is a green alga belonging to the family Zygnematophyceae - making it closely related to living land plants.

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Cäcilia F Kunz, Tatyana Darienko, and Jan de Vries.

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