Cyanophora paradoxa
| Cyanophora paradoxa | |
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| C. paradoxa showing cyanelles in binary fission, nucleus and flagella. Scale bar, 10 µm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Glaucophyta |
| Class: | Glaucophyceae |
| Order: | Glaucocystales |
| Family: | Glaucocystaceae |
| Genus: | Cyanophora |
| Species: | C. paradoxa
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| Cyanophora paradoxa | |
Cyanophora paradoxa is a freshwater species of
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]
Description
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]
References
- ^ Guiry, Michael D. (2015). Cyanophora paradoxa Korshikov, 1924. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2015). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry).
- ^ World Register of Marine Species at Cyanophora paradoxa on 2016-06-15
- ^ ISBN 9780521682770.
- ^ S2CID 26978668.
- ^ Beatrix Pfanzagl; Andrea Zenker; Ernst Pittenauer; Guenter Allmaier; Jorege Martinez-Torrecuadrada; Erich R. Schmid; Miguel A. de Pedro; Wolfgang Loeffelhardt (1996). "Structure of Cyanelle Peptidoglycan of Cyanophora paradoxa: Prokaryotic Cell Wall as Part of an Organelle Envelope". Journal of Bacteriology. 1178 (2): 332–339.
- PMID 15710682.
- S2CID 17190180.
- S2CID 24754492.
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