Bathycoccus prasinos
Appearance
Bathycoccus prasinos | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Mamiellophyceae |
Order: | Mamiellales |
Family: | Bathycoccaceae |
Genus: | Bathycoccus |
Species: | B. prasinos
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Binomial name | |
Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem & Throndsen
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Bathycoccus prasinos is a picoplankton belonging to the order Mamiellales, along with Ostreococcus and Micromonas. The cells are around 1–2 μm in length, are non-motile and are covered in scales.
Genome
[edit]The small genome (15 Mb) was recently sequenced [1] and many of the genes are related to plants, though there is significant horizontal gene transfer from other eukaryotes. There are 19 chromosomes, two of which have a significantly different GC-content.
References
[edit]- ^ Hervé Moreau; Bram Verhelst; Arnaud Couloux; Evelyne Derelle; Stephane Rombauts; Nigel Grimsley; Michiel Van Bel; Julie Poulain; Michaël Katinka; Martin F Hohmann-Marriott; Gwenael Piganeau; Pierre Rouzé; Corinne Da Silva; Patrick Wincker; Yves Van de Peer; Klaas Vandepoele (2012). "Gene functionalities and genome structure in Bathycoccus prasinos reflect cellular specializations at the base of the green lineage". Genome Biology. 13 (8): R74. doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-8-r74. PMC 3491373. PMID 22925495.
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