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.
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.
Bathycoccus prasinos | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Mamiellophyceae |
Order: | Mamiellales |
Family: | Bathycoccaceae |
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.
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.