Klebsormidium nitens

Image Credit: Koichi Hori (Ohta_Shimojima Lab., TITECH)

Scientific name: Klebsormidium nitens

Common name(s): none

Name as shown in Phylogenes: K. nitens

Ploidy: Haploid

Description:

Klebsormidium nitens is a charophytic algae that usually consists of multicellular and non-branching filaments without differentiated or specialized cells. Charophytic algae and land plants together make up a monophyletic group, streptophytes, which represents one of the main lineages of multicellular eukaryotes

Reference(s):

Hori K, et al. Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation. Nature communications 5, 4978. doi:10.1038/ncomms4978. (Klebsormidium flaccidum NIES-2285 was re-identified as Klebsormidium nitens NIES-2285, 2016 Jun)

Genome Database(s):

Klebsormidum nitens genome project