The Stramenopile Chloroplast Genomics Project

Courtesy of CCMP

The entire genome, including the chloroplast, of the marine centric diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana is being sequenced at the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute. Thalassiosira pseudonana was chosen as the first eukaryotic marine phytoplankton for whole genome sequencing because this species has served as a model for diatom physiology studies, and the nuclear genome is relatively small (34 Mbp).

References:

The genome of the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana: Ecology, evolution and metabolism.
Armbrust, EV, JA Berges, C Bowler, BR Green, D Martinez, NH Putnam, S Zhou, AE Allen, KE Apt, M
Bechner, MA Brzezinski, BK Chaal, A Chiovitti, AK Davis, MS Demarest, J C Detter, T Glavina, D Goodstein, MZ Hadi, U Hellsten, M Hildebrand, BD Jenkins, J Jurka, VV Kapitonov, N Kröger, WWY Lau, TW Lane, FW Larimer, JC Lippmeier, S Lucas, M Medina, A Montsant, M Obornik, MS Parker, B Palenik, GJ Pazour, PM Richardson, TA Rynearson, MA Saito, DC Schwartz, K Thamatrakoln, K Valentin, A Vardi, FP Wilkerson, and DS Rokhsar.
SCIENCE
306: 79-86 2004

Effects of temperature, nitrogen, and light limitation on the optical properties of the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana
Stramski D, Sciandra A, Claustre H
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
47 (2): 392-403 MAR 2002

Effects of temperature on growth rate, cell composition and nitrogen metabolism in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (Bacillariophyceae)
Berges JA, Varela DE, Harrison PJ
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
225: 139-146 2002

Rapid evolution of a sexual reproduction gene in centric diatoms of the genus Thalassiosira
Armbrust EV, Galindo HM
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
67 (8): 3501-3513 AUG 2001

Response of growth and biochemical composition to variations in daylength, temperature, and irradiance in the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (Bacillariophyceae)
Thompson P
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
35 (6): 1215-1223 DEC 1999