Chlamydomonas
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Chlamydomonas''
| image = chlamydomonas_(10000x).jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = [[Scanning Electron Microscope|SEM]] image of flagellated Chamydomonas (10000x)
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Chlorophyta]]
| classis = [[Chlorophyceae]]
| ordo = [[Volvocales]]
| familia = [[Chlamydomonadaceae]]
| genus = '''''Chlamydomonas'''''
| genus_authority = [[Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg|Ehrenb.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Chlamydomonas''''' is a genus of [[green alga]]. They are unicellular [[flagellate]]s. ''Chlamydomonas'' is used as a [[model organism]] for [[molecular biology]], especially studies of [[flagellum|flagellar]] motility and [[chloroplast]] dynamics, biogenesis, and genetics. One of the many striking features of Chlamydomonas is that it contains [[ion channel]]s that are directly activated by light, such as [[channelrhodopsin]].
==Species==
*''[[Chlamydomonas reinhardtii]]''
*''[[Chlamydomonas moewusii]]''
*''[[Watermelon snow|Chlamydomonas nivalis]]''
*''[[Genus of green algae]]''
[[Image:Chlamydomonas EPA.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Light micrograph of Chlamydomonas without flagella]]
==External links==
*[http://www.chlamy.org/ Chlamydomonas Center]
*[http://chlamytfdb.bio.uni-potsdam.de/ Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Transcription Factor Database]
*[http://www.uga.edu/protozoa/education/chlamydomonas.mp3 "Chlamydomonas"]; a song by [[Andy Offutt Irwin]] about the life cycle of the chlamydomonas; posted on the website of the International Society of [[Protozoology| Protozoologists]]
*[http://chlamyteach.info/ ChlamyTeach site for information about teaching with Chlamydomonas]
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