Ostreococcus
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Ostreococcus is a genus of unicellular coccoid green alga belonging to the class Prasinophyceae. It was discovered in 1994 in the Thau lagoon by Courties[1] and has been since been found in many oceanic regions. It is the smallest known free leaving eukaryote with an average size of 0.8 µm. Its genome sequence has been published in 2006[2].
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[edit] Species
- Ostreococcus tauri
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[edit] Cited references
- ^ Courties, C. et al. (1994). Smallest eukaryotic organism. Nature 370: 255.
- ^ Derelle, E. et al. (2006). Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103: 11647-52.
