Cyanophora paradoxa | |
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C. paradoxa showing cyanelles in binary fission, nucleus and flagella. Scale bar, 10 µm. | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Glaucophyta |
Class: | Glaucophyceae |
Order: | Glaucocystales |
Family: | Glaucocystaceae |
Genus: | Cyanophora |
Species: | C. paradoxa
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Binomial name | |
Cyanophora paradoxa |
Cyanophora paradoxa is a freshwater species of Glaucophyte that is used as a model organism. [3] [4] C. paradoxa has two cyanelles or chloroplasts where photosynthesis occurs. [3] Cyanelles are unusual organelles in that they retain a rudimentary peptidoglycan wall. [5] The cyanelle genome of C. paradoxa strain LB 555 was sequenced and published in 1995. [4] [6] The nuclear genome was also sequenced and published in 2012. [7]
Cyanophora paradoxa is a unicellular organism with two flagella, attached near the tip of the cell. The cell body is about 7-15 μm long by 3-6 μm wide; it is roughly ovoid (egg-shaped) in shape, and is covered in ridges that outline triangular or crescent-shaped "fenestrations". Each cell generally has one or two cyanelles. [8]
Cyanophora paradoxa | |
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C. paradoxa showing cyanelles in binary fission, nucleus and flagella. Scale bar, 10 µm. | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Glaucophyta |
Class: | Glaucophyceae |
Order: | Glaucocystales |
Family: | Glaucocystaceae |
Genus: | Cyanophora |
Species: | C. paradoxa
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Binomial name | |
Cyanophora paradoxa |
Cyanophora paradoxa is a freshwater species of Glaucophyte that is used as a model organism. [3] [4] C. paradoxa has two cyanelles or chloroplasts where photosynthesis occurs. [3] Cyanelles are unusual organelles in that they retain a rudimentary peptidoglycan wall. [5] The cyanelle genome of C. paradoxa strain LB 555 was sequenced and published in 1995. [4] [6] The nuclear genome was also sequenced and published in 2012. [7]
Cyanophora paradoxa is a unicellular organism with two flagella, attached near the tip of the cell. The cell body is about 7-15 μm long by 3-6 μm wide; it is roughly ovoid (egg-shaped) in shape, and is covered in ridges that outline triangular or crescent-shaped "fenestrations". Each cell generally has one or two cyanelles. [8]