Cyanidioschyzon merolae
| Cyanidioschyzon merolae | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Phylum: | Rhodophyta |
| Subphylum: | Cyanidophytina |
| Class: | Cyanidiophyceae |
| Order: | Cyanidiales |
| Family: | Cyanidiaceae |
| Genus: | Cyanidioschyzon |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyanidioschyzon merolae P.De Luca, R.Taddei & L.Varano | |
Cyanidioschyzon merolae belongs in the red algae group.
C. merolae is a club-shaped, unicellular red algae that lives in highly acidic environments and in warm conditions.[citation needed] C. merolae has a single chloroplast and a single mitochondrion, but lacks a vacuole and a cell wall.[1] The organism's genome was the first full algal genome to be sequenced in 2004;[2] its plastid was sequenced in 2000 and 2003, and its mitochondrion in 1998.[3] The organism is one of the most primitive red algae.[1]
Although possessing a small genome,[2] the chloroplast genome of C. merolae contains many genes not present in the chloroplast genomes of other algae and plants.[4] Most of its genes are intronless.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Edward Lee (1999). Phycology. Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsuzaki, M., et al. (2004). "Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D". Nature 428 (6983): 653–657. doi:10.1038/nature02398. PMID 15071595.
- ↑ Barbier, Guillaume, et al. (2005). "Comparative Genomics of Two Closely Related Unicellular Thermo-Acidophilic Red Algae, Galdieria sulphuraria and Cyanidioschyzon merolae, Reveals the Molecular Basis of the Metabolic Flexibility of Galdieria sulphuraria and Significant Differences in Carbohydrate Metabolism of Both Algae". Plant Physiology 137 (2): 460–474. doi:10.1104/pp.104.051169. PMC 1065348. PMID 15710685. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12755171
External links
Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "'Cyanidioschyzon merolae'". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
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