Systematic position (Fritsch - 1935)
Division - Algae
Class - Chlorophyceae
Order - Chlorococcales
Family - Chlorellaceae
Genus - Chlorella
In Greek language, “chloros” means green and “ella” means minute. So,
Chlorella is a small (minute) green algae.
It is spherical in structure.
It is a unicellular, non-motile algae. Because, flagella is absent (flagella
is important for movement.)