Ectocarpus siliculosus
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Ectocarpus siliculosus is a filamentous brown alga (Heterokontophyta).[1] Its genome was the first brown macroalgal genome to be sequenced,[2] with the expectation that E. siliculosus will serve as a genetic and genomic model for brown macroalgae.[3]
The alga is unbranched and filamentous; it forms soft beards on larger plants or other firm substrata and grows up to 2 feet long.[4]
Plants tufted, often only one to a few cm tall, but in exceptional cases up to 20 cm. Axes freely branched, main axis not distinguishable. Filaments up to 30μm in diameter, tapering toward the apices. sometimes forming terminal pseudohairs. Distribution: Cosmopolitan.[5]
References
- ^ Charrier, B; Coelho, SM; Le Bail, A; Tonon, T; Michel, G; Potin, P; Kloareg, B; Boyen, C; et al. (2008). "Development and physiology of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus: two centuries of research". The New phytologist. 177 (2): 319–32. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02304.x. PMID 18181960.
- ^ Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1038/nature09016, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with
|doi=10.1038/nature09016instead. - ^ Genoscope - Ectocarpus genome project at genoscope
- ^ Gosner, Kenneth L., Atlantic Seashore: A field guide to sponges, jellyfish, sea urchins, and more; Houghton Mifflin Co.
- ^ Stegenga, H. Bolton, J.J. and Anderson, R.J. Seaweeds of the South African West Coast; Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium Number 18, 1997.
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