- Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Taxobox
name = "Phaeodactylum tricornutum"
image_width = 270px
regnum =Chromalveolata
phylum =Heterokontophyta
classis =Bacillariophyceae
ordo =Naviculales
familia =Phaeodactylaceae
genus = "Phaeodactylum"
species = "P. tricornutum"
binomial = "Phaeodactylum tricornutum"
binomial_authority = (Bohlin, 1897)"Phaeodactylum tricornutum" is a
diatom . It is the only species in the genus "Phaeodactylum."Gene Sequencing
"Phaeodactylum tricornutum" is one of two diatoms to have its
genome sequenced (the other being "Thalassiosira pseudonana "). Over 30000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) have been organized into theDiatom EST Database . [Maheswari, U. et. al 2005. The Diatom EST Database. "Nucleic Acids Research" 33: D344-D347.]Distribution
"Phaeodactylum" ranges from France [Rech et. al 2005. Long-term acclimation to UV radiation: effects on growth, photosynthesis and carbonic anhydrase activity in marine diatoms. "Botanica Marina" 48: 407-420.] and Germany [Toepel, J., Langner, U., and Wilhelm, C. 2005. Combination of flow cytometry and single cell absorption spectroscopy to study the phytoplankton structure and to calculate the chi a specific absorption coefficients at the taxon level. "Journal of Phycology" 2005: 1099-1109.] in Europe to Novia Scotia in North America. [Kim, K.Y., Garbary, D.J., and McLachlan, J.L. 2004. Phytoplankton dynamics in Pomquet Harbour, Nova Scotia: a lagoon in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. "Phycologia" 43: 311-328.]
References
External links
* [http://avesthagen.sznbowler.com/chris/bowler/PDF/993.pdf avesthagen.sznbowler.com] Genome Properties of the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (pdf)
* [http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=182726 www.pubmedcentral.gov] Growth of and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Production by Phaeodactylum tricornutum under Different Culture Conditions (pdf)
* [http://dbs.clib-jena.mpg.de/dbs-publ/pube/bol/BOL100.pdf dbs.clib-jena.mpg.de] New Insight into Phaeodactylum tricornutum Fatty Acid Metabolism. Cloning and Functional Characterization of Plastidial and Microsomal 12-Fatty Acid Desaturases (pdf)
* [http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/engineering/issues/muh-03-27-3/muh-27-3-1-0112-2.pdf journals.tubitak.gov.tr] The Growth of Continuous Cultures of the Phytoplankton Phaeodactylum Tricornutum (pdf)
* [http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/utex/photogallery/o-r/Phaeodactylum_tricornutum_646.htm] picture of phaeodactylum tricornutumSee also
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Algaculture
*Genomics
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