About the Bigelowiella natans genome

Bigelowiella natans belongs to the eukaryotic 'supergroup' Rhizaria and it is a chlorarachniophyte alga. The chlorarachniophyte alga still possess the nucleomorph, nucleus from the endosymbiotic event in a highly reduced and simplified form. Proteins that function in the plastid of Bigelowiella natans are encoded in 3 separate genomes: the nucleus, the nucleomorph, and the plastid itself. The B.natans genome help in better understanding of the secondary endosymbiotic event.

Taxonomy ID 753081

Data source Joint Genome Institute

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