Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Phagomixotrophic Green Alga Cymbomonas tetramitiformis.
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SUBMITTER: Satjarak A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4911474 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
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Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Phagomixotrophic Green Alga Cymbomonas tetramitiformis.
Satjarak Anchittha A Paasch Amber E AE Graham Linda E LE Kim Eunsoo E
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We report here the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Cymbomonas tetramitiformis strain PLY262, which is a prasinophycean green alga that retains a phagomixotrophic mode of nutrition. The genome is 84,524 bp in length, with a G+C content of 37%, and contains 3 rRNAs, 26 tRNAs, and 76 protein-coding genes. ...[more]
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