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Cyanidioschyzon merolae 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.VaranoThe Cyanidioschyzon merolae belongs in the red algae group.
Cyanidioschyzon merolae is a club-shaped, unicellular red algae that lives in highly acidic environments. C. merolae has a single chloroplast and a single mitochondrian, 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 mitochondrian in 1998.[3] The organism is one of the most primitive red algae.[1]References
- ^ a b Robert Edward Lee (1999). Phycology. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ 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. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1065348. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "'Cyanidioschyzon merolae'". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=36733.
Classification of Archaeplastida / Plantae sensu lato Rhodophyta Cyanidiophyceae · Porphyridiophyceae · Compsopogonophyceae · Stylonematophyceae · Rhodellophyceae · Bangiophyceae · Florideophyceae (Hildenbrandiales, Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Batrachospermales, Corallinales, Gelidiales, Gracilariales, Ceramiales)Glaucocystophyceae Glaucocystis · Cyanophora · GloeochaeteViridiplantae/
Plantae
sensu strictoEuphyllophytaMoniliformopses (Equisetopsida, Filicopsida, Psilotopsida)
Spermatophyta: Gymnosperm (Pinophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta) · MagnoliophytaSee also: list of plant ordersthis organism can be found in saltwater along the ocean floor and also can be potentially harmfull to marine wildlife. This form of primitive algae is the main organism in red tide which is very detrimental to marine wildlife and human ocean dwellers.
Sources
Categories:- Red algae
- Sequenced genomes
- Rhodophyta stubs
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