Bathycoccus prasinos

Bathycoccus prasinos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Plantae
Phylum:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Prasinophyceae
Order:	Mamiellales
Family:	Mamiellaceae
Genus:	Bathycoccus
Species:	B. prasinos
Binomial name
Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem & Throndsen

Bathycoccus prasinos is a picoplankton belonging to the order Mamiellales, along with Ostreococcus and Micromonas. The cells are around 1-2 μm in length, are non-motile and are covered in scales.

The small genome (15 Mb) was recently sequenced and many of the genes are related to plants, though there is significant horizontal gene transfer from other eukaryotes. There are 19 chromosomes, two of which have a significantly different GC-content.

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