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Name derivation: |
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"Cyan bearer" -- -phora |
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Classification: |
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Cyanophora Korshikov 1924; all three species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2013).Order Glaucocystales; Family Glaucocystaceae |
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Morphology |
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Biflagellate unicell, with one flagellum projected forward from the cell apex, the other directed backward. Usually two cyanelles per cell.
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Original eukaryotic photosynthesis |
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Cyanophora is accepted as the earliest organism to engage in eukaryotic photosynthesis following a singular endosymbiotic event (Bhattacharya and Boore 2009, Price et al. 2012). It’s complete genome also provides evidence of the evolutionary routes taken by differet phyla in the Archaeplastida (Facchinelli and Weber 2015)..
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Habitat |
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Freshwater, somewhat acidic pH as in bogs. |
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References |
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Bhattacharya, D. and J.L. Boore 2009. The complete genome sequence of the glaucophyte alga Cyanophora paradoxa. Poster, ‘Annotation Jamboree’, Rutgers University, Fall 2009 (online). Facchinelli, R., and A.P.M. Weber 2015. Analysis of Cyanophora paradoxa tells important lessons on plastid evolution. Perspectives in Phycology 2(1):3-10. Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 February 2013. Korshikov, A. 1924. Protistologische Beobachtungen. I. Cyanophora paradoxa n. g. et sp. Russ. Arch. Protistol. 3: 57-74. Price, E.C. et al. 2012. Cyanophora paradoxa genome elucidates origin of photosynthesis in algae and plants. Science 335:843-847. |
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