Micromonas
| Micromonas | |
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| Micromonas pusilla | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Prasinophyceae |
| Order: | Mamiellales |
| Family: | Mamiellaceae |
| Genus: | Micromonas |
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In taxonomy, Micromonas is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Mamiellaceae.[1][2] The genus contains a single species, Micromonas pusilla, which is the dominant photosynthetic picoeukaryote in some marine ecosystems.[3] Unlike many marine algae, it is distributed widely in both warm and cold waters.[4] It is a good swimmer and swims towards light.[4]
M. pusilla is infected by a reovirus called Micromonas pusilla reovirus (MpRV).[5]
References
- ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Micromonas. Data extracted from the NCBI taxonomy resources, National Center for Biotechnology Information, retrieved 2007-03-19
- ↑ Micromonas Manton & Parke, 1960, non Borrel, 1902, World Register of Marine Species, accessed March 6, 2010
- ↑ Not, F; Latasa, M; Marie, D; Cariou, T; Vaulot, D; Simon, N (Jul 2004), "A Single Species, Micromonas pusilla (Prasinophyceae), Dominates the Eukaryotic Picoplankton in the Western English Channel" (Free full text), Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70 (7): 4064–72, doi:10.1128/AEM.70.7.4064-4072.2004, ISSN 0099-2240, PMC 444783, PMID 15240284
- 1 2 Genomes of Two Strains of Micromonas Algae Show Surprising Diversity, Alternative Energy Newswire, April 10, 2009
- ↑ Attoui, H; Jaafar, Fm; Belhouchet, M; De, Micco, P; De, Lamballerie, X; Brussaard, Cp (May 2006), "Micromonas pusilla reovirus: a new member of the family Reoviridae assigned to a novel proposed genus (Mimoreovirus)" (Free full text), The Journal of general virology 87 (Pt 5): 1375–83, doi:10.1099/vir.0.81584-0, ISSN 0022-1317, PMID 16603541
External links
- Genes from tiny algae shed light on big role managing carbon in world's oceans, Science Centric, 10 April 2009
Scientific references
- PubMed references for Micromonas
- PubMed Central references for Micromonas
- Google Scholar references for Micromonas
Scientific databases
- NCBI taxonomy page for Micromonas
- Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Micromonas
- Search Species2000 page for Micromonas
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