Biology:Bigelowiella
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Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Chlorarachniophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorarachniales |
| Family: | Chlorarachniaceae |
| Genus: | Bigelowiella Moestrup, 2001 |
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| Bigelowiella natans Moestrup, 2001
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Bigelowiella is a genus of chlorarachniophyte algae, containing a secondary plastid within a reduced cytoplasmic compartment that contains a vestigial nucleomorph.
Genomes
The Bigelowiella natans nuclear genome was the first to be sequenced from a rhizarian protist, containing 94.7 Mbp encoding 21,708 genes.[1]
References
- ↑ "Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs". Nature 492 (7427): 59–65. 2012. doi:10.1038/nature11681. PMID 23201678.
Wikidata ☰ Q16895964 entry
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