The Dunaliella salina organelle genomes: large sequences, inflated with intronic and intergenic DNA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dunaliella salina Teodoresco, a unicellular, halophilic green alga belonging to the Chlorophyceae, is among the most industrially important microalgae. This is because D. salina can produce massive amounts of beta-carotene, which can be collected for commercial purposes, and because of its potential as a feedstock for biofuels production. Although the biochemistry and physiology of D. salina have been studied in great detail, virtually nothing is known about the genomes it carries, especially those within its mitochondrion and plastid. This study presents the complete mitochondrial and plastid genome sequences of D. salina and compares them with those of the model green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Volvox carteri.

Results

The D. salina organelle genomes are

SUBMITTER: Smith DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3017802 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature