Bathycoccus prasinos

Bathycoccus prasinos
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
Phylum:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Mamiellophyceae
Order:	Mamiellales
Family:
Genus:	Bathycoccus
Species:	B. prasinos
Binomial name
	Bathycoccus prasinos; Eikrem & Throndsen

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[]

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[]

^ 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: R74. doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-8-r74. PMC 3491373. PMID 22925495.

External links[]

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[1] 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: R74. doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-8-r74. PMC 3491373. PMID 22925495.

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