Biology:Cyanophora

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Short description: Genus of algae

Cyanophora
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Cyanophora paradoxa
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Glaucophyta
Class: Glaucophyceae
Order: Glaucocystales
Family: Glaucocystaceae
Genus: Cyanophora
A.A.Korshikov, 1924

Cyanophora is a genus of glaucophytes, a group of rare but evolutionarily significant freshwater microalgae.[1]

It includes the following species:[1]

  • Cyanophora biloba
  • Cyanophora cuspidata
  • Cyanophora kugrensii
  • Cyanophora paradoxa
  • Cyanophora sudae
  • Cyanophora tetracyanea

These species are differentiated based on cell shape, number and position of cyanelles, and molecular data.[1]

The species Cyanophora paradoxa is well-studied as a model organism.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Takahashi, Toshiyuki; Sato, Mayuko; Toyooka, Kiminori; Matsuzaki, Ryo; Kawafune, Kaoru; Kawamura, Mai; Okuda, Kazuo; Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014). "Five Cyanophora (Cyanophorales, Glaucophyta) species delineated based on morphological and molecular data". Journal of Phycology 50 (6): 1058–1069. doi:10.1111/jpy.12236. PMID 26988787. 
  2. Fettke J, Hejazi M, Smirnova J, Höchel E, Stage M, Steup M (2009). "Eukaryotic starch degradation: integration of plastidial and cytosolic pathways". J. Exp. Bot. 60 (10): 2907–22. doi:10.1093/jxb/erp054. PMID 19325165. http://jexbot.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19325165. 

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