Ectocarpus siliculosus

Ectocarpus siliculosus
E. siliculosus, from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890-1907)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Ectocarpaceae
Genus: Ectocarpus
Species:
E. siliculosus
Binomial name
Ectocarpus siliculosus

Ectocarpus siliculosus is a filamentous brown alga.[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]

Scientific classification
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Ectocarpaceae
Genus: Ectocarpus
Species: E. siliculosus
Binomial name
Ectocarpus siliculosus

(Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819

A close up image of E. siliculosus that shows its many filaments
  1. ^ Charrier B, Coelho SM, Le Bail A, Tonon T, Michel G, Potin P, et al. (January 2008). "Development and physiology of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus: two centuries of research" (PDF). The New Phytologist. 177 (2): 319–332. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02304.x. PMID 18181960.
  2. ^ Cock JM, Sterck L, Rouzé P, Scornet D, Allen AE, Amoutzias G, et al. (June 2010). "The Ectocarpus genome and the independent evolution of multicellularity in brown algae". Nature. 465 (7298): 617–21. Bibcode:2010Natur.465..617C. doi:10.1038/nature09016. PMID 20520714. S2CID 4329490.
  3. ^ CEA (2020-10-01). "Genoscope - National Center of Sequencing". CEA/François Jacob Institute of biology. Retrieved 2021-04-20.