Bigelowiella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | SAR |
(unranked): | Rhizaria |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Chlorarachniophyceae |
Order: | Chlorarachniales |
Family: | Chlorarachniaceae |
Genus: |
Bigelowiella Moestrup, 2001 |
Bigelowiella is a genus of chlorarachniophyte algae, containing a secondary plastid within a reduced cytoplasmic compartment that contains a vestigial nucleomorph.
The Bigelowiella natans nuclear genome was the first to be sequenced from a rhizarian protist, containing 94.7 Mbp encoding 21,708 genes.