Phaeodactylum tricornutum
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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 the Diatom EST Database.[1]
Distribution
Phaeodactylum ranges from France[2] and Germany[3] in Europe to Novia Scotia in North America.[4]
References
- ↑ Maheswari, U. et. al 2005. The Diatom EST Database. Nucleic Acids Research 33: D344-D347.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- avesthagen.sznbowler.com Genome Properties of the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (pdf)
- www.pubmedcentral.gov Growth of and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Production by Phaeodactylum tricornutum under Different Culture Conditions (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)
- journals.tubitak.gov.tr The Growth of Continuous Cultures of the Phytoplankton Phaeodactylum Tricornutum (pdf)
- [1] picture of phaeodactylum tricornutum