Bigelowiella

Genus of single-celled organisms

Bigelowiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Chlorarachniophyceae
Order: Chlorarachniales
Family: Chlorarachniaceae
Genus: Bigelowiella
Moestrup, 2001
Type species
Bigelowiella natans
Moestrup, 2001
Species
  • Bigelowiella longifila Shuhei, Kunihiko & Kenichiro, 2007
  • Bigelowiella natans Moestrup, 2001

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

  1. ^ Curtis BA, Tanifuji G, Burki F, Gruber A, Irimia M, Maruyama S, Arias MC, Ball SG, Gile GH, Hirakawa Y, Hopkins JF, Kuo A, Rensing SA, Schmutz J, Symeonidi A, Elias M, Eveleigh RJ, Herman EK, Klute MJ, Nakayama T, Oborník M, Reyes-Prieto A, Armbrust EV, Aves SJ, Beiko RG, Coutinho P, Dacks JB, Durnford DG, Fast NM, Green BR, Grisdale CJ, Hempel F, Henrissat B, Höppner MP, Ishida K, Kim E, Kořený L, Kroth PG, Liu Y, Malik SB, Maier UG, McRose D, Mock T, Neilson JA, Onodera NT, Poole AM, Pritham EJ, Richards TA, Rocap G, Roy SW, Sarai C, Schaack S, Shirato S, Slamovits CH, Spencer DF, Suzuki S, Worden AZ, Zauner S, Barry K, Bell C, Bharti AK, Crow JA, Grimwood J, Kramer R, Lindquist E, Lucas S, Salamov A, McFadden GI, Lane CE, Keeling PJ, Gray MW, Grigoriev IV, Archibald JM (2012). "Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs". Nature. 492 (7427): 59–65. doi:10.1038/nature11681. PMID 23201678.
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Rhizaria classification
Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(major groups
Excavata
Diaphoretickes
Hacrobia
Rhizaria
Alveolata
Stramenopiles
Plants
Amorphea
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta
Animals
Fungi)
 Cercozoa 
Reticulofilosa*
Skiomonadea
  • Aquavolonida
  • Tremulida
Granofilosea
Chlorarachneaa
  • Chlorarachnida
  • Minorisida
Monadofilosa
Eoglissa
Metromonadea
  • Metopiida
  • Metromonadida
Helkeseaaf
Ventrifilosa
Sarcomonadea*af
Imbricatea
  • Krakenidaa
  • Spongomonadida
  • Marimonadida
  • Variglissida
Silicofilosea
Thecofilosea
Endomyxa
Marimyxia
Gromiidea
Ascetosporeas
Proteomyxia
   Retaria   
Radiolariah
Sticholonchea
Acantharea
Polycystinea
Foraminiferaa
Monothalamea*
Tubothalamea
Globothalamea
Incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
Taxon identifiers
Bigelowiella