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Species of alga From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cyanophora paradoxa is a freshwater species of Glaucophyte that is used as a model organism.[3][4] C. paradoxa has two cyanelles or chloroplasts where photosynthesis occurs.[3] Cyanelles are unusual organelles in that they retain a rudimentary peptidoglycan wall.[5] The cyanelle genome of C. paradoxa strain LB 555 was sequenced and published in 1995.[4][6] The nuclear genome was also sequenced and published in 2012.[7]
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C. paradoxa showing cyanelles in binary fission, nucleus and flagella. Scale bar, 10 µm. | |
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Clade: | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Glaucophyta |
Class: | Glaucophyceae |
Order: | Glaucocystales |
Family: | Glaucocystaceae |
Genus: | Cyanophora |
Species: | C. paradoxa |
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Cyanophora paradoxa | |
Cyanophora paradoxa is a unicellular organism with two flagella, attached near the tip of the cell. The cell body is about 7-15 μm long by 3-6 μm wide; it is roughly ovoid (egg-shaped) in shape, and is covered in ridges that outline triangular or crescent-shaped "fenestrations". Each cell generally has one or two cyanelles.[8]
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