Ostreococcus lucimarinus

Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Chlorophyta; Prasinophyceae; Mamiellales; Ostreococcus

Introduction

Three different ecotypes or potential species have been defined for Ostreococcus, based on their adaptation to light intensity. O. lucimarinus is adapted to high light intensities and corresponds to surface-isolated strains. The second (RCC141) has been defined as low-light and includes strains from deeper in the water column. The third (O. tauri) corresponds to strains isolated from a coastal lagoon and can be considered light-polyvalent. We are involved in genome annotation of all three ecotypes and in the comparative analysis of Ostreococcus sp that will help to understand niche differentiation in unicellular eukaryotes and evolution of genome size in eukaryotes.

Our involvement

We are involved in genome annotation of all three ecotypes and in the comparative analysis of Ostreococcus sp that will help to understand niche differentiation in unicellular eukaryotes and evolution of genome size in eukaryotes.

Publications

2009

* Piganeau, G., * Vandepoele, K., Gourbiere, S., Van de Peer, Y., Moreau, H. (2009) Unravelling cis-Regulatory Elements in the Genome of the Smallest Photosynthetic Eukaryote: Phylogenetic Footprinting in Ostreococcus. J. Mol. Evol. 69(3):249-59. *contributed equally

2008

John, U., Beszteri, B., Derelle, E., Van de Peer, Y., Read, B., Moreau, H., Cembella, A. (2008) Novel Insights into Evolution of Protistan Polyketide Synthases through Phylogenomic Analysis. Protist 159(1):21-30.

2007

Robbens, S., Petersen, J., Brinkmann, H., Rouzé, P., Van de Peer, Y. (2007) Unique regulation of the Calvin cycle in the ultrasmall green alga Ostreococcus. J. Mol. Evol. 64(5):601-4.

Palenik, B., Grimwood, J., Aerts, A., Rouzé, P., Salamov, A., Putnam, N., Zhou, K., Jorgensen, R., Derelle, E., Rombauts, S., Otillar, R., Merchant, S., Podell, S., Gaasterland, T., Manuell, A., Napoli, C., Gendler, K., Vallon, O., Peyretaillade, E., Jancek, S., Piganeau, G., Heijde, M., Jabbari, K., Bowler, C., Werner, G., Robbens, S., Pazour, G., Dubchak, I., Ren, Q., Delwiche, C., Paulsen, I., De Boever, P., Schmutz, J., Rokhsar, D., Van de Peer, Y., Moreau, H., Grigoriev, I. (2007) The Tiny Eukaryote Ostreococcus Provides Genomic Insights Into The Paradox Of Plankton Speciation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104(18):7705-10.

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