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Table 6.1
(continued)
Species
Strain
Phylogenetic group
Marine
Genome
size
(Mbp)
Status or
Reference
URL
Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii
CC-503
cw92
mt+
Plantae,
Chlorophyceae
(green alga)
No
120
Merchant
et al.
(2007)
http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Chlre3/Chlre3.home.html
Volvox carteri
Plantae,
Chlorophyceae
(green alga)
No
140
Available
http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Volca1/Volca1.home.html
Zostera marina
Plantae, Zosteraceae
(sea-grass)
Yes
Pending
http://www.jgi.doe.gov/genome-projects/
Cyanophora
paradoxa
Plantae,
Glaucophyta
No
Assembly
http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/
cyanophora/cyanophora_home.htm
Cyanidioschyzon
merolae
10D
Rhodophyta,
Cyanidiaceae (red
alga)
No
16.5
Matsuzaki
et al.
(2004)
http://merolae.biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Galdieria
sulphuraria
Rhodophyta,
Cyanidiaceae (red
alga)
No
Ongoing
http://genomics.msu.edu/galdieria
Chondrus crispus
Rhodophyta,
Florideophyceae
(red alga)
Yes
150
Ongoing
http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/spip/spip.php?lang=en
Porphyra umbilicalis
Rhodophyta,
Bangiophyceae
(red alga)
Yes
300–400? Ongoing
http://www.jgi.doe.gov/genome-projects/
Thalassiosira
pseudonana
CCMP1335 Heterokonta,
Bacillariophyceae
(diatom)
Yes
34.5
Armbrust
et al.
(2004)
http://www.jgi.doe.gov/genome-projects/