Schizochytrium limacinum
| Schizochytrium limacinum | |
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| Order: | Labyrinthulales |
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| Species: | Schizochytrium limacinum Honda et al. 1998 |
Schizochytrium limacinum is a species of thraustochytrids first isolated from a mangrove area in the western Pacific Ocean. It differs from other Schizochytrium species in its limaciform amoeboid cells, the size of its zoospores, and its assimilation profile of carbon sources.