Cyanophora paradoxa

Cyanophora paradoxa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Phylum:	Glaucophyta
Genus:	Cyanophora
Species:	C. paradoxa
Binomial name
Cyanophora paradoxa Pringsheim

Cyanophora paradoxa is a freshwater species of Glaucophyte that is used as a model organism.^[1][2] C. paradoxa has two cyanelles or chloroplasts where nitrogen fixation occurs alongside the primary function of photosynthesis.^[1] The cyanelle genome of C. paradoxa strain LB 555 was sequenced and published in 1995.^[2][3] The nuclear genome is also being sequenced.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lee, Robert Edward (2008). Phycology (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521682770. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Stirewalt, Veronica L.; Christine B. Michalowski, Wolfgang Löffelhardt, Hans J. Bohnert, Donald A. Bryant (December, 1995). "Nucleotide sequence of the cyanelle genome from Cyanophora paradoxa". Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 13 (4): 327–333. doi:10.1007/BF02669186. 
3. ^ Arthur R. Grossman (2005). "Paths toward Algal Genomics". Plant Physiology 137 (2): 410–425. doi:10.1104/pp.104.053447. PMC 1065345. PMID 15710682. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1065345.