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Guillardia theta | Hanusia phi

Kerstin Hoef-Emden and John M. Archibald
Containing group: Cryptomonads

Introduction

Characteristics

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Since only one strain of each genus has been examined thus far, there is insufficient data to identify potential dimorphisms or inconsistencies in systematics (Marin et al. 1998; Deane et al. 2002; Hoef-Emden et al. 2002). Guillardia theta strain CCMP327 was the model cryptophyte chosen for first nuclear genome sequencing projects. Its complete nucleomorph and plastid genomes have been sequenced (Douglas and Penny 1999; Douglas et al. 2001).

References

Deane JA, Hill DRA, Brett SJ, McFadden GI (1998) Hanusia phi gen. et sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae): characterization of 'Cryptomonas sp. φ'. Eur. J. Phycol. 33: 149-154

Deane JA, Hill DRA, Brett SJ, McFadden GI (2002) Cryptomonad evolution: Nuclear 18S rDNA phylogeny versus cell morphology and pigmentation. J. Phycol. 38: 1236-1244

Douglas SE, Penny SL (1999) The plastid genome of the cryptophyte alga, Guillardia theta: Complete sequence and conserved synteny groups confirm its common ancestry with red algae. J. Mol. Evol. 48: 236-244

Douglas SE, Zauner S, Fraunholz M, Beaton M, Penny S, Deng LT, Wu X, Reith M, Cavalier-Smith T, Maier UG (2001) The highly reduced genome of an enslaved algal nucleus. Nature 410: 1090-1096

Gillott MA, Gibbs SP (1983) Comparison of the flagellar rootlets and periplast in two marine cryptophytes. Can. J. Bot. 61: 1964-1978

Hill DRA, Wetherbee R (1990) Guillardia theta gen. et sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae). Can. J. Bot. 68: 1873-1876

Marin B, Klingberg M, Melkonian M (1998) Phylogenetic relationships among the Cryptophyta: analyses of nuclear-encoded SSU rRNA sequences support the monophyly of extant plastid-containing lineages. Protist 149: 265-276

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This page is being developed as part of the Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, co-sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity and the Tula Foundation.

Kerstin Hoef-Emden
Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

John M. Archibald
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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