Phaeodactylum tricornutum
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Phaeodactylum tricornutum''
| image= Phaeodactylum tricornutum.png
| image_width = 270px
| regnum = [[Chromalveolata]]
| phylum = [[Heterokontophyta]]
| classis = [[Bacillariophyceae]]
| ordo = [[Naviculales]]
| familia = [[Phaeodactylaceae]]
| genus = ''Phaeodactylum''
| species = ''P. tricornutum''
| binomial = ''Phaeodactylum tricornutum''
| binomial_authority = (Bohlin, 1897)
}}
'''''Phaeodactylum tricornutum''''' is a [[diatom]]. It is the only species in the genus ''Phaeodactylum.''
==Gene Sequencing==
''Phaeodactylum tricornutum'' is one of two diatoms to have its [[genome]] sequenced (the other being ''[[Thalassiosira pseudonana]]''). Over 30000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) have been organized into the [[Diatom EST Database]].<ref>'''Maheshwari, U. et. al''' 2005. The Diatom EST Database. ''Nucleic Acids Research'' '''33''': D344-D347.</ref>
==Distribution==
''Phaeodactylum'' ranges from France<ref>'''Rech et. al''' 2005. Long-term acclimation to UV radiation: effects on growth, photosynthesis and carbonic anhydrase activity in marine diatoms. ''Botanica Marina'' '''48''': 407-420.</ref> and Germany<ref>'''Toepel, J., Langner, U., and Wilhelm, C.''' 2005. Combination of flow cytometry and single cell absorption spectroscopy to study the phytoplankton structure and to calculate the chi a specific absorption coefficients at the taxon level. ''Journal of Phycology'' '''2005''': 1099-1109.</ref> in Europe to Novia Scotia in North America.<ref>'''Kim, K.Y., Garbary, D.J., and McLachlan, J.L.''' 2004. Phytoplankton dynamics in Pomquet Harbour, Nova Scotia: a lagoon in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. ''Phycologia'' '''43''': 311-328.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://avesthagen.sznbowler.com/chris/bowler/PDF/993.pdf avesthagen.sznbowler.com] Genome Properties of the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum '''(pdf)'''
*[http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/picrender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&blobtype=pdf&artid=182726 www.pubmedcentral.gov] Growth of and Omega-3 Fatty Acid Production by Phaeodactylum tricornutum under Different Culture Conditions '''(pdf)'''
*[http://dbs.clib-jena.mpg.de/dbs-publ/pube/bol/BOL100.pdf dbs.clib-jena.mpg.de] New Insight into Phaeodactylum tricornutum Fatty Acid Metabolism. Cloning and Functional Characterization of Plastidial and Microsomal 12-Fatty Acid Desaturases '''(pdf)'''
*[http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/engineering/issues/muh-03-27-3/muh-27-3-1-0112-2.pdf journals.tubitak.gov.tr] The Growth of Continuous Cultures of the Phytoplankton Phaeodactylum Tricornutum '''(pdf)'''
*[http://www.bio.utexas.edu/research/utex/photogallery/o-r/Phaeodactylum_tricornutum_646.htm] picture of phaeodactylum tricornutum
== See also ==
*[[Algaculture]]
*[[Genomics]]
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[[Category:Diatoms]]
[[Category:Planktology]]
[[Category:High lipid content microalgae]]