Thalassiosiraceae

Thalassiosiraceae
Fossil Thalassiosira sp.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Coscinodiscophyceae
Order: Thalassiosirales
Family: Thalassiosiraceae
Lebour, 1930[1]
Genera
  • ?Bacteriosira
  • †Conticribra
  • Coscinosira
  • Livingstonia
  • Microsiphona
  • Minidiscus
  • Parthaea
  • Planktoniella
  • Porosira
  • Praestephanos
  • Roundia
  • Shionodiscus
  • Spicaticribra
  • Stephanocyclus
  • Takanoa
  • Thalassiocyclus
  • Thalassiosira

Thalassiosiraceae is a family of diatoms in the order Thalassiosirales.

The species Thalassiosira pseudonana was chosen as the first eukaryotic marine phytoplankton for whole genome sequencing.[2] T. pseudonana was selected for this study because it is a model for diatom physiology studies, belongs to a genus widely distributed throughout the world's oceans, and has a relatively small genome at 34 mega base pairs. Scientists are researching on diatom light absorption, using the marine diatom Thalassiosira.

References

  1. ↑ The planktonic diatoms of northern seas. MV Lebour, 1930
  2. ↑ Armbrust, E.; Berges, J.; Bowler, C.; Green, B.; Martinez, D.; Putnam, N.; Zhou, S.; Allen, A.; Apt, K.; Bechner, M.; Brzezinski, M. A.; Chaal, B. K.; Chiovitti, A.; Davis, A. K.; Demarest, M. S.; Detter, J. C.; Glavina, T.; Goodstein, D.; Hadi, M. Z.; Hellsten, U.; Hildebrand, M.; Jenkins, B. D.; Jurka, J.; Kapitonov, V. V.; Kröger, N.; Lau, W. W.; Lane, T. W.; Larimer, F. W.; Lippmeier, J. C.; Lucas, S. (2004). "The genome of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: ecology, evolution, and metabolism". Science. 306 (5693): 79–86. Bibcode:2004Sci...306...79A. doi:10.1126/science.1101156. PMID 15459382.


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