It was originally cloned at the DNA level from the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

最初，它是在一种绿藻Chlamydomonas reinhardtii中发现的。

Platymonas subcordiformis, a marine green alga, is found to producehydrogen from water and sun light. Hydrogen evolution of this alga can beincreased by 300 folds when adding CCCP (Carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone).

亚心形扁藻(Platymonas subcordiformis)是近年来我国首先筛选出的具有光解水产氢功能的海洋绿藻,该绿藻在解偶联剂CCCP(羰基氰化物间氯苯腙)的作用下可提高产氢能力近百倍。