Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a diatom. It is the only species in the genus Phaeodactylum.

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Gene Sequencing

Phaeodactylum tricornutum is one of two diatoms to have its genome sequenced (the other being Thalassiosira pseudonana). Over 30000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) have been organized into the Diatom EST Database.^[1]

Distribution

Phaeodactylum ranges from France^[2] and Germany^[3] in Europe to Novia Scotia in North America.^[4]

See also

Algaculture
Genomics