A plastome is the genome of a plastid, a type of organelle found in plants and in a variety of protoctists. The number of known plastid genome sequences grew rapidly in the first decade of the twenty-first century. For example, 25 chloroplast genomes were sequenced for one molecular phylogenetic study.
The flowering plants are especially well represented in complete chloroplast genomes. As of January, 2017, all of their orders are represented except Commelinales, Picramniales, Huerteales, Escalloniales, Bruniales, and Paracryphiales.
A compilation of all available complete plastid genomes is maintained by the NCBI in a public repository.
Plants
Bryophytes s.l.
Ferns and Lycophytes
Gymnosperms
Sequenced Plastomes
Species
|
Variety
|
Size (bp)
|
Genes
|
Reference
|
Family
|
Notes
|
Cryptomeria japonica
|
|
131,810
|
114
|
|
Cupressaceae
|
|
Cycas micronesica
|
|
|
|
|
Cycadaceae
|
|
Cycas taitungensis
|
|
163,403
|
133
|
|
Cycadaceae
|
|
Ephedra equisetina
|
|
|
|
|
Ephedraceae
|
|
Ginkgo biloba
|
|
156,945
|
134
|
|
Ginkgoaceae
|
|
Gnetum parvifolium
|
|
|
|
|
Gnetaceae
|
|
Picea engelmannii
|
Se404-851
|
123,542
|
114
|
|
Pinaceae
|
|
Picea glauca
|
PG29
|
123,266
|
114
|
|
Pinaceae
|
|
Picea glauca
|
WS77111
|
123,421
|
114
|
|
Pinaceae
|
|
Picea sitchensis
|
Q903
|
124,049
|
114
|
|
Pinaceae
|
|
Pinus koraiensis
|
|
116,866
|
|
|
Pinaceae
|
|
Pinus thunbergii
|
|
119,707
|
|
|
Pinaceae
|
|
Podocarpus macrophyllus
|
|
|
|
|
Podocarpaceae
|
|
Welwitschia mirabilis
|
|
119,726
|
101
|
|
Welwitschiaceae
|
|
Flowering plants
This sortable table is expected to compile complete plastid genomes representing the largest range of sizes, number of genes, and angiosperm families.
Sequenced plastomes with complete genome size, number of unique genes, reference and publication year.
Species
|
Size (bp)
|
Genes
|
Reference
|
Year
|
Family
|
Notes
|
Acorus americanus
|
153,819
|
|
|
2007
|
Acoraceae
|
|
Agrostis stolonifera
|
135,584
|
110
|
|
2010
|
Poaceae
|
|
Alniphyllum eberhardtii
|
155,384
|
113
|
|
2017
|
Styracaceae
|
|
Alstroemeria aurea
|
155,510
|
112
|
|
2013
|
Alstroemeriaceae
|
|
Amborella trichopoda
|
162,686
|
|
|
2003
|
Amborellaceae
|
|
Anethum graveolens
|
153,356
|
|
|
2007
|
Apiaceae
|
|
Arabidopsis thaliana
|
154,478
|
|
|
1999
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Atropa belladonna
|
156,687
|
|
|
2002
|
Solanaceae
|
|
Brachypodium distachyon
|
135,199
|
110
|
|
2010
|
Poaceae
|
|
Buxus microphylla
|
159,010
|
113
|
|
2007
|
Buxaceae
|
|
Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus
|
153,337
|
115
|
|
2003
|
Calycanthaceae
|
|
Carpinus tientaiensis
|
160,104
|
114
|
|
2017
|
Betulaceae
|
|
Chloranthus spicatus
|
157,772
|
113
|
|
2007
|
Chloranthaceae
|
|
Citrus sinensis var. 'Ridge Pineapple'
|
155,189
|
|
|
2006
|
Rutaceae
|
|
Cocos nucifera
|
154,731
|
130
|
|
2013
|
Arecaceae
|
|
Coffea arabica
|
155,189
|
|
|
2007
|
Rubiaceae
|
|
Coix lacryma-jobi
|
140,745
|
|
|
2009
|
Poaceae
|
|
Conopholis americana
|
45,673
|
42
|
|
2013
|
Orobanchaceae
|
Non-photosynthetic parasite
|
Cucumis sativus
|
155,293
|
|
|
2007
|
Cucurbitaceae
|
|
Cuscuta exaltata
|
125,373
|
|
|
2007
|
Convolvulaceae
|
|
Cuscuta gronovii
|
86,744
|
86
|
|
2007
|
Convolvulaceae
|
|
Cuscuta reflexa
|
121,521
|
98
|
|
2007
|
Convolvulaceae
|
|
Cypripedium formosanum
|
178,131
|
|
|
2015
|
Orchidaceae
|
|
Cytinus hypocistis
|
19,400
|
23
|
|
2016
|
Cytinaceae
|
Holoparasitic
|
Daucus carota
|
155,911
|
|
|
2006
|
Apiaceae
|
|
Dioscorea elephantipes
|
152,609
|
112
|
|
2007
|
Dioscoreaceae
|
|
Drimys granadensis
|
160,604
|
113
|
|
2006
|
Winteraceae
|
|
Epifagus virginiana
|
70,028
|
42
|
|
1992
|
Orobanchaceae
|
|
Epipogium aphyllum
|
30,650
|
27
|
|
2015
|
Orchidaceae
|
Mycoheterotrophic
|
Epipogium roseum
|
19,047
|
29
|
|
2015
|
Orchidaceae
|
Mycoheterotrophic
|
Erodium carvifolium
|
116,935
|
107
|
|
2016
|
Geraniaceae
|
|
Erodium chrysanthum
|
168,946
|
96
|
|
2016
|
Geraniaceae
|
|
Erodium texanum
|
130,812
|
106
|
|
2011
|
Geraniaceae
|
|
Eucalyptus globulus subsp. globulus
|
160,286
|
|
|
2005
|
Myrtaceae
|
|
Fagopyrum esculentum ssp. ancestrale
|
159,599
|
|
|
2008
|
Polygonaceae
|
|
Geranium palmatum
|
155,794
|
105
|
|
2011
|
Geraniaceae
|
|
Glycine max
|
152,218
|
|
|
2005
|
Fabaceae
|
|
Gossypium barbadense
|
160,317
|
114
|
|
2006
|
Malvaceae
|
|
Gossypium hirsutum
|
160,301
|
|
|
2006
|
Malvaceae
|
|
Helianthus annuus
|
151,104
|
|
|
2007
|
Asteraceae
|
|
Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare
|
136,482
|
110
|
|
2010
|
Poaceae
|
|
Hydnora visseri
|
27,233
|
24
|
|
2016
|
Aristolochiaceae
|
Non-photosynthetic holoparasite
|
Illicium oligandrum
|
148,552
|
113
|
|
2007
|
Schisandraceae (sensu APG III)
|
|
Ipomoea purpurea
|
162,046
|
|
|
2007
|
Convolvulaceae
|
|
Jasminum nudiflorum
|
165,121
|
|
|
2007
|
Oleaceae
|
|
Juglans regia
|
160,367
|
129
|
|
2017
|
Juglandaceae
|
|
Lactuca sativa
|
152,765
|
|
|
2007
|
Asteraceae
|
|
Lemna minor
|
165,955
|
|
|
2008
|
Araliaceae
|
|
Licania alba
|
162,467
|
112
|
|
2014
|
Chrysobalanaceae
|
|
Lilium longiflorum
|
152,793
|
114
|
|
2013
|
Liliaceae
|
|
Liriodendron tulipifera
|
159,866
|
|
|
2006
|
Magnoliaceae
|
|
Lolium perenne
|
135,282
|
110
|
|
2010
|
Poaceae
|
|
Lonicera japonica
|
155,078
|
|
|
2010
|
Caprifoliaceae
|
|
Lotus japonicus
|
150,519
|
|
|
2000
|
Fabaceae
|
|
Manihot esculenta
|
161,453
|
|
|
2008
|
Euphorbiaceae
|
|
Monotropa hypopitys
|
35,336
|
45
|
|
2016
|
Ericaceae
|
Mycoheterotrophic
|
Monsonia speciosa
|
128,787
|
106
|
|
2011
|
Geraniaceae
|
|
Morus indica
|
156,599
|
|
|
2006
|
Moraceae
|
|
Musa balbisiana
|
169,503
|
113
|
|
2016
|
Musaceae
|
|
Nandina domestica
|
156,599
|
|
|
2006
|
Berberidaceae
|
|
Neottia nidus-avis
|
92,060
|
56
|
|
2011
|
Orchidaceae
|
Mycoheterotrophic
|
Nelumbo nucifera
|
163,330
|
|
|
2010
|
Nelumbonaceae
|
|
Nicotiana tabacum
|
155,943
|
113
|
|
1986
|
Solanaceae
|
|
Nuphar advena
|
160,866
|
117
|
|
2007
|
Nymphaeaceae
|
|
Nymphaea alba
|
159,930
|
|
|
2004
|
Nymphaeaceae
|
|
Oenothera argillicola strain Douthat 1
|
165,055
|
113
|
|
2008
|
Onagraceae
|
|
Oenothera biennis strain suaveolens Grado
|
164,807
|
113
|
|
2008
|
Onagraceae
|
|
Oenothera elata subsp. hookeri strain johansen Standard
|
165,728
|
113
|
|
2008
|
Onagraceae
|
|
Oenothera glazioviana strain r/r-lamarckiana Sweden
|
165,225
|
113
|
|
2008
|
Onagraceae
|
|
Oenothera parviflora strain atrovirens Standard
|
163,365
|
113
|
|
2008
|
Onagraceae
|
|
Oryza sativa indica 93-11
|
134,496
|
|
|
2005
|
Poaceae
|
|
Oryza sativa japonica Nipponbare
|
134,551
|
110
|
|
1989
|
Poaceae
|
|
Oryza sativa japonica PA64S
|
134,551
|
|
|
2005
|
Poaceae
|
|
Osyris alba
|
147,253
|
101
|
|
2015
|
Santalaceae
|
Hemiparasitic
|
Panax ginseng
|
156,318
|
|
|
2004
|
Araliaceae
|
|
Pelargonium × hortorum
|
217,942
|
|
|
2006
|
Geraniaceae
|
|
Petrosavia stellaris
|
103,835
|
58
|
|
2014
|
Petrosaviaceae
|
Mycoheterotrophic
|
Phalaenopsis aphrodite subsp. formosana
|
148,964
|
|
|
2006
|
Orchidaceae
|
|
Phaseolus vulgaris 'Negro Jamapa'
|
150,285
|
|
|
2007
|
Fabaceae
|
|
Pilostyles aethiopica
|
11,348
|
5
|
|
2016
|
Apodanthaceae
|
Endo-holoparasite
|
Pilostyles hamiltonii
|
15,167
|
5
|
|
2016
|
Apodanthaceae
|
Endo-holoparasite
|
Piper cenocladum
|
160,624
|
113
|
|
2006
|
Piperaceae
|
|
Platanus occidentalis
|
161,791
|
|
|
2006
|
Platanaceae
|
|
Populus alba
|
156,505
|
|
|
2006
|
Salicaceae
|
|
Ranunculus macranthus
|
155,158
|
117
|
|
2007
|
Ranunculaceae
|
|
Rhizanthella gardneri
|
59,190
|
33
|
|
2011
|
Orchidaceae
|
Subterranean mycoheterotroph
|
Saccharum officinarum
|
141,182
|
110
|
|
2010
|
Poaceae
|
|
Sciaphila densiflora
|
21,485
|
28
|
|
2015
|
Triuridaceae
|
Mycoheterotrophic
|
Solanum tuberosum
|
155,298
|
|
|
2006
|
Solanaceae
|
|
Sorghum bicolor
|
140,754
|
110
|
|
2010
|
Poaceae
|
|
Spinacia oleracea
|
150,725
|
|
|
2001
|
Amaranthaceae
|
|
Trachelium caeruleum
|
162,321
|
|
|
2008
|
Campanulaceae
|
|
Trifolium subterraneum
|
144,763
|
111
|
|
2008
|
Fabaceae
|
|
Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring
|
134,545
|
110
|
|
2000
|
Poaceae
|
|
Typha latifolia
|
165,572
|
113
|
|
2010
|
Typhaceae
|
|
Vaccinium macrocarpon
|
176,045
|
147
|
|
2013
|
Ericaceae
|
|
Viscum album
|
128,921
|
96
|
|
2015
|
Viscaceae
|
Hemiparasitic
|
Viscum minimum
|
131,016
|
99
|
|
2015
|
Viscaceae
|
Hemiparasitic
|
Vitis vinifera
|
160,928
|
|
|
2006
|
Vitaceae
|
|
Yucca schidigera
|
156,158
|
|
|
2005
|
Asparagaceae (sensu APG III)
|
|
Zea mays
|
140,384
|
110
|
|
2010
|
Poaceae
|
|
Sequenced plastomes without information about size, number of genes and / or references.
Species
|
Size (bp)
|
Genes
|
Reference
|
Year
|
Family
|
Notes
|
Acorus calamus
|
153,821
|
|
|
|
Acoraceae
|
|
Aethionema cordifolium
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Aethionema grandiflorum
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Antirrhinum majus
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Plantaginaceae
|
|
Arabis hirsuta
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Aucuba japonica
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Garryaceae
|
|
Bambusa oldhamii
|
139,350
|
|
|
|
Poaceae
|
|
Barbarea verna
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Berberidopsis corallina
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Berberidopsidaceae
|
|
Brassica rapa
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Bulnesia arborea
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Zygophyllaceae
|
|
Capsella bursa-pastoris
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Carica papaya
|
|
|
|
|
Caricaceae
|
|
Ceratophyllum demersum
|
|
|
|
2007
|
Ceratophyllaceae
|
|
Cornus florida
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Cornaceae
|
|
Crucihimalya wallichii
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Cuscuta obtusiflora
|
|
|
|
|
Convolvulaceae
|
|
Cuscuta reflexa
|
|
|
|
|
Convolvulaceae
|
|
Dendrocalamus latiflorus
|
139,365
|
|
|
|
Poaceae
|
|
Dillenia indica
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Dilleniaceae
|
|
Draba nemorosa
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Ehretia acuminata
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Boraginaceae
|
|
Elaeis oleifera
|
|
|
|
2007
|
Arecaceae
|
|
Euonymus americanus
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Celastraceae
|
|
Festuca arundinacea
|
|
|
|
|
Poaceae
|
|
Ficus sp.
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Moraceae
|
|
Guizotia abyssinica
|
|
|
|
|
Asteraceae
|
|
Gunnera manicata
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Gunneraceae
|
|
Hedyosmum
|
|
|
unpublished
|
|
Chloranthaceae
|
|
Heuchera sanguinea
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Saxifragaceae
|
|
Ilex cornuta
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Aquifoliaceae
|
|
Lepidium virginicum
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Liquidambar styraciflua (syn. Altingia styraciflua)
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Altingiaceae
|
|
Lobularia maritima
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Lotus corniculatus
|
|
|
|
|
Fabaceae
|
|
Medicago truncatulata
|
124,033
|
|
|
|
Fabaceae
|
|
Megaleranthis saniculifolia
|
159,924
|
|
|
|
Ranunculaceae
|
|
Meliosma cuneifolia
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Sabiaceae
|
|
Nasturtium officinale
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Olimarabidopsis pumila
|
|
|
|
|
Brassicaceae
|
|
Phoenix dactylifera
|
|
|
|
|
Arecaceae
|
|
Nerium oleander
|
154,903
|
|
|
|
Apocynaceae
|
|
Nicotiana sylvestris
|
155,941
|
|
|
|
Solanaceae
|
|
Nicotiana tomentosiformis
|
155,745
|
|
|
|
Solanaceae
|
|
Oryza nivara
|
134,494
|
|
|
|
Poaceae
|
|
Oxalis latifolia
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Oxalidaceae
|
|
Passiflora biflora
|
|
|
|
2007
|
Passifloraceae
|
|
Phoradendron leucarpum
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Viscaceae
|
|
Plumbago auriculata
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Plumbaginaceae
|
|
Populus trichocarpa
|
|
|
|
2006
|
Salicaceae
|
|
Quercus nigra
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Fagaceae
|
|
Rhododendron simsii
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Ericaceae
|
|
Scaevola aemula
|
|
|
|
2007
|
Goodeniaceae
|
|
Solanum bulbocastanum
|
155,371
|
|
|
|
Solanaceae
|
|
Solanum lycopersicum
|
155,460
|
|
|
|
Solanaceae
|
|
Staphylea colchica
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Staphyleaceae
|
|
Trithuria (syn. Hydatella)
|
|
|
unpublished
|
|
Hydatellaceae
|
|
Trochodendron aralioides
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Trochodendraceae
|
|
Ximenia americana
|
|
|
|
2010
|
Ximeniaceae
|
|
Green algae
Sequenced Plastomes
Species
|
Variety
|
Size (bp)
|
Genes
|
Reference
|
Bryopsis plumosa
|
|
106,859
|
115
|
|
Chaetosphaeridium globosum
|
|
131,183
|
124
|
|
Chara vulgaris
|
|
|
|
|
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
|
|
203,395
|
99
|
|
Chlorella vulgaris
|
|
150,613
|
209
|
|
Chlorokybus atmophyticus
|
|
201,763
|
70
|
|
Dunaliella salina
|
CCAP 19/18
|
269,044
|
102
|
|
Emiliania huxleyi
|
|
105,309
|
150
|
|
Helicosporidium
|
|
37,454
|
54
|
|
Leptosira terrestris
|
|
195,081
|
117
|
|
Mesostigma viride
|
|
42,424
|
|
|
Monomastix
|
|
114,528
|
94
|
|
Nephroselmis olivacea
|
|
200,799
|
127
|
|
Oedogonium cardiacum
|
|
196,547
|
103
|
|
Oltmannsiellopsis viridis
|
|
151,933
|
105
|
|
Ostreococcus tauri
|
|
71,666
|
86
|
|
Pseudendoclonium akinetum
|
|
195,867
|
105
|
|
Pycnococcus provasolii
|
|
80,211
|
98
|
|
Pyramimonas parkeae
|
|
101,605
|
110
|
|
Scenedesmus obliquus
|
|
161,452
|
96
|
|
Staurastrum punctulatum
|
|
|
|
|
Stigeoclonium helveticum
|
|
223,902
|
97
|
|
Tydemania expeditionis
|
|
105,200
|
125
|
|
Ulva sp.
|
UNA00071828
|
99,983
|
102
|
|
Volvox carteri
|
|
420,650
|
91
|
|
Zygnema circumcarinatum
|
|
|
|
|
Sequenced Plastomes
Species
|
Variety
|
Size (bp)
|
Genes
|
Reference
|
Year
|
Taxon
|
Notes
|
Ahnfeltia plicata
|
|
190,451
|
205 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
Ahnfeltiales
|
|
Apophlaea sinclairii
|
|
182,437
|
189 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
Hildenbrandiales
|
|
Asparagopsis taxiformis
|
|
177,091
|
203 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Bangiopsis subsimplex
|
|
204,784
|
194 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Calliarthron tuberculosum
|
|
178,981
|
238
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Ceramium japonicum
|
|
171,634
|
199 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Chondrus crispus
|
|
180,086
|
240
|
|
2013
|
Gigartinales
|
|
Cyanidioschyzon merolae
|
10D
|
149,987
|
243
|
|
2003
|
|
|
Cyanidium caldarium
|
RK1
|
164,921
|
230
|
|
2000
|
|
|
Erythrotrichia carnea
|
|
210,691
|
191 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Galdieria sulphuraria
|
074W
|
167,741
|
233
|
|
2015
|
|
|
Gelidium elegans
|
|
174,748
|
234
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Gelidium sinicola
|
UC276620
|
177,095
|
232
|
|
2019
|
|
May be synonymous with G. coulteri
|
Gelidium vagum
|
|
179,853
|
234
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Gracilaria changii
|
|
183,855
|
231
|
|
2018
|
Gracilariales
|
|
Gracilaria chorda
|
|
182,459
|
201 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
Gracilariales
|
|
Gracilaria salicornia
|
|
179,757
|
235
|
|
2014
|
Gracilariales
|
|
Gracilaria tenuistipitata
|
var. liui
|
183,883
|
238
|
|
2004
|
Gracilariales
|
|
Gracilaria vermiculophylla
|
|
180,254
|
239
|
|
unpublished
|
Gracilariales
|
|
Grateloupia filicina
|
|
195,990
|
265
|
|
unpublished
|
|
|
Grateloupia taiwanensis
|
|
191,270
|
266
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Hildenbrandia rivularis
|
|
189,725
|
184 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Hildenbrandia rubra
|
|
180,141
|
190 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Kumanoa americana
|
|
184,025
|
234
|
|
2018
|
|
|
Palmaria palmata
|
|
192,960
|
245
|
|
2018
|
|
|
Plocamium cartilagineum
|
|
171,392
|
197 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Porphyra pulchra
|
|
194,175
|
251
|
|
2016
|
Bangiales
|
|
Porphyra purpurea
|
|
191,028
|
253
|
|
1993
|
Bangiales
|
|
Porphyra umbilicalis
|
|
190,173
|
250
|
|
2017
|
Bangiales
|
|
Porphyridium purpureum
|
NIES 2140
|
217,694
|
260
|
|
2014
|
|
|
Porphyridium sordidum
|
|
259,429
|
227
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Pyropia fucicola
|
|
187,282
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Partial genome
|
Pyropia haitanensis
|
PH 38
|
195,597
|
254
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Pyropia kanakaensis
|
|
189,931
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Partial genome
|
Pyropia perforata
|
|
189,789
|
247
|
|
2015
|
|
|
Pyropia yezoensis
|
|
191,952
|
264
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Rhodochaete parvula
|
|
221,665
|
195 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata
|
|
194,153
|
201 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Riquetophycus sp.
|
|
180,384
|
202 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Schimmelmannia schousboei
|
|
181,030
|
202 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Schizymenia dubyi
|
|
183,959
|
204 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Sebdenia flabellata
|
|
192,140
|
205 (coding)
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Sporolithon durum
|
|
191,464
|
239
|
|
2016
|
|
|
Thorea hispida
|
|
175,193
|
228
|
|
2018
|
|
|
Vertebrata lanosa
|
|
167,158
|
192
|
|
2015
|
|
Also assigned to genus Polysiphonia
|
Glaucophytes
Meta-algae and apicomplexans
Meta-algae are organisms with photosynthetic organelles of secondary or tertiary endosymbiotic origin, and their close non-photosynthetic, plastid-bearing, relatives. Apicomplexans are a secondarily non-photosynthetic group of chromalveoates which retain a reduced plastid organelle.
Photosynthetic chromalveolates
Dinoflagellate plastid genomes are not organised into a single circular DNA molecule like other plastid genomes, but into an array of mini-circles.
Sequenced Plastomes
Species
|
Variety
|
Size (bp)
|
Genes
|
Reference
|
Notes
|
Chromera velia
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chroomonas mesostigmatica
|
CCMP1168
|
139,403
|
189
|
|
|
Chroomonas placoidea
|
CCAP978/8
|
139,432
|
186
|
|
Contains 3 annotated pseudogenes
|
Cryptomonas curvata
|
CNUKR
|
128,285
|
182
|
|
|
Cryptomonas paramecium
|
CCAP977/2a
|
77,717
|
115
|
|
|
Emiliania huxleyi
|
CCMP 373
|
105,309
|
154
|
|
|
Guillardia theta
|
|
121,524
|
167
|
|
|
Heterosigma akashiwo
|
NIES 293
|
159,370
|
198
|
|
|
Odontella sinensis
|
|
119,704
|
175
|
|
|
Phaeodactylum tricornutum
|
|
117,369
|
170
|
|
|
Rhodomonas salina
|
CCMP1319
|
135,854
|
183
|
|
|
Storeatula sp.
|
CCMP1868
|
140,953
|
187
|
|
|
Teleaulax amphioxeia
|
HACCP-CR01
|
129,772
|
179
|
|
|
Thalassiosira pseudonana
|
|
128,814
|
180
|
|
|
Chlorarachniophytes
Apicomplexans
Nucleomorph genomes
In some photosynthetic organisms that ability was acquired via symbiosis with a unicellular green alga (chlorophyte) or red alga (rhodophyte). In some such cases not only does the chloroplast of the former unicellular alga retain its own genome, but a remnant of the alga is also retained. When this retains a nucleus and a nuclear genome it is termed a nucleomorph.
Cyanelle genomes
The unicellular eukaryote Paulinella chromatophora possesses an organelle (the cyanelle) which represents an independent case of the acquisition of photosynthesis by cyanobacterial endosymbiosis. (Note: the term cyanelle is also applied to the plastids of glaucophytes.)
See also
External links