Chlamydomonas 162275 218413131 2008-06-10T15:17:05Z Mikeadamsct 7283443 /* External links */ Add link to teaching site {{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] [[Category:Green algae]] [[ca:Chlamydomonas]] [[de:Chlamydomonas]] [[es:Chlamydomonas]] [[fr:Chlamydomonas]] [[id:Chlamydomonas]] [[it:Chlamydomonas]] [[lt:Valkčiadumblis]] [[ja:クラミドモナス]] [[pl:Zawłotnia]] [[pt:Chlamydomonas]] [[ru:Хламидомонада]] [[ta:கிளமிடமொனாசு]] [[uk:Хламідомонада]]