Bolidomonas

Bolidomonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Bolidophyceae
Guillou et al. 1999
Genus: Bolidomonas
Guillou and Chrétiennot-Dinet 1999
species
  • Bolidomonas pacifica
  • Bolidomonas mediterranea

Bolidomonas is a genus[1] of unicellular picoplanktonic heterokonts. It was recently (1999) discovered. Genetically it is close to diatoms, but differs morphologically from them. Bolidomonas cells have two flagella, chloroplasts with girdle lamella, and no eyespot. Photosynthetic pigments present in bolydophyte choroplasts include chlorophylls a, c1, c2, c3, fucoxanthin, diatoxanthin, diadinoxanthin.

It includes the species Bolidomonas mediterranea.[2]

References

  1. ^ Guillou L, Chretiennot-Dinet MJ, Medlin LK, Claustr H, Goer SL, Vaulot D (1999). "Bolidomonas: A new genus with two species belonging to a new algal class: Bolidophyceae (Heterokonta)". J Phycol 35 (2): 368–81. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3520368.x. 
  2. ^ Dimier C, Giovanni S, Ferdinando T, Brunet C (April 2009). "Comparative Ecophysiology of the Xanthophyll Cycle in Six Marine Phytoplanktonic Species". Protist 160 (3): 397–411. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2009.03.001. PMID 19375387. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1434-4610(09)00023-6. 
Ochrophyta/
(photosynthetic)
Eustigmataceae  · Monodopsidaceae  · Pseudocharaciopsidaceae
Phaeothamniales  · Pleurochloridellales
Chattonella, Fibrocapsa, Gonyostomum, Haramonas, Heterosigma, Vacuolaria
Heterogloeales · Ochromonadales  · Rhizochloridales  · Synurales
Botrydiales  · Mischococcales  · Tribonematales  · Vaucheriales
Bolidophyceae
Bolidomonas
Biddulphiophycidae  · Chaetocerotophycidae  · Corethrophycidae  · Coscinodiscophycidae  · Cymatosirophycidae  · Lithodesmiophycidae  · Rhizosoleniophycidae  · Thalassiosirophycidae
Fragilariales
Fungus-like/
(nonphotosynthetic)