List of sequenced algae genomes

This list of sequenced algal genomes contains algal species known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled, annotated and published. Unassembled genomes are not included, nor are organelle-only sequences. For plant genomes see the list of sequenced plant genomes. For plastid sequences, see the list of sequenced plastomes. For all kingdoms, see the list of sequenced genomes.

Organism strain	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion	Assembly status	Links
Breviolum minutum (Symbiodinium minutum; clade B1)	Dinoflagellate	Coral symbiont	1.5 Gb	47,014	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology	2013^[1]	Draft	OIST Marine Genomics^[2]
Cladocopium goreaui (Symbiodinium goreaui; clade C, type C1)	Dinoflagellate	Coral symbiont	1.19 Gb	35,913	Reef Future Genomics (ReFuGe) 2020 / University of Queensland	2018^[3]	Draft	ReFuGe 2020^[4]
Cladocopium C92 strain Y103 (Symbiodinium sp. clade C; putative type C92)	Dinoflagellate	Foraminiferan symbiont	Unknown (assembly size 0.70 Gb)	65,832	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology	2018^[5]	Draft	OIST Marine Genomics^[2]
Fugacium kawagutii CS156=CCMP2468 (Symbiodinium kawagutii; clade F1)	Dinoflagellate	Coral symbiont?	1.07 Gb	26,609	Reef Future Genomics (ReFuGe) 2020 / University of Queensland	2018^[3]	Draft	ReFuGe 2020^[4]
Fugacium kawagutii CCMP2468 (Symbiodinium kawagutii; clade F1)	Dinoflagellate	Coral symbiont?	1.18 Gb	36,850	University of Connecticut / Xiamen University	2015^[6]	Draft	S. kawagutii genome project^[7]
Polarella glacialis CCMP1383	Dinoflagellate	Psychrophile, Antarctic	3.02 Gb (diploid), 1.48 Gbp (haploid)	58,232	University of Queensland	2020^[8]	Draft	UQ eSpace^[9]
Polarella glacialis CCMP2088	Dinoflagellate	Psychrophile, Arctic	2.65 Gb (diploid), 1.30 Gbp (haploid)	51,713	University of Queensland	2020^[8]	Draft	UQ eSpace^[9]
Symbiodinium microadriaticum (clade A)	Dinoflagellate	Coral symbiont	1.1 Gb	49,109	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	2016^[10]	Draft	Reef Genomics^[11]
Symbiodinium A3 strain Y106 (Symbiodinium sp. clade A3)	Dinoflagellate	symbiont	Unknown (assembly size 0.77 Gb)	69,018	Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology	2018^[5]	Draft	OIST Marine Genomics^[2]

Organism strain	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion	Assembly status	Links
Cryptophyceae sp. CCMP2293	Nanoflagellate	Nucleomorph, Psychrophile	534.5 Mb	33,051	Joint Genome Institute	2016^[12]		JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Guillardia theta		Eukaryote Endosymbiosis	87.2 Mb	24, 840	Dalhousie University	2012^[14]		The Greenhouse^[15]

Organism strain	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion	Assembly status	Links
Cyanophora paradoxa		Model Organism	70.2 Mb	3,900	Rutgers University	2012^[16]	Draft v1	The Greenhouse^[15] Cyanophora Genome Project^[17]
Cyanophora paradoxa		Model Organism	99.94 Mb	25,831	Rutgers University	2019^[18]	Draft v2	Cyanophora Genome Project^[19]

Organism strain	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion	Links
Asterochloris sp. Cgr/DA1pho	Photobiont	55.8 Mb	10,025	Duke University	2011^[20]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Auxenochlorella protothecoides	Biofuels	22.9 Mb	7,039	Tsinghua University	2014^[21]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Bathycoccus prasinos	Comparative analysis	15.1 Mb	7,900	Joint Genome Institute	2012^[22]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CC-503 cw92 mt+	Model Organism	111.1 Mb	17,741	Joint Genome Institute	2017^[23]	Phytozome^[24] The Greenhouse^[15]
Chlorella sorokiniana str. 1228	Biofuels	61.4 Mb		Los Alamos National Lab	2018^[25]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Chlorella sorokiniana UTEX 1230	Biofuels	58.5 Mb		Los Alamos National Lab	2018^[26]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Chlorella sorokiniana DOE1412	Biofuels	57.8 Mb		Los Alamos National Lab	2018^[27]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Chlorella variabilis NC64A	Biofuels	46.2 Mb	9,791		2010^[28]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Chlorella vulgaris	Biofuels	37.3 Mb		National Renewable Energy Laboratory	2015^[29]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Coccomyxa subellipsoidea sp. C-169	Biofuels	48.8 Mb	9839	Joint Genome Institute	2012^[30]	Phytozome^[24] The Greenhouse^[15]
Dunaliella salina CCAP19/18	Halophile Biofuels Beta-carotene and glycerol production	343.7 Mb	16,697	Joint Genome Institute	2017^[31]	Phytozome^[24]
Eudorina sp.	Multicellular alga, model organism	~180 Mb		University of Tokyo	2018^[32]
Gonium pectorale		148.81 Mb		Kansas State University	2016^[33]
Micromonas commoda NOUM17 (RCC288)	Marine phytoplankton	21.0 Mb	10,262	Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute	2013^[34]^[35]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Micromonas pusilla CCMP-1545	Marine phytoplankton	21.9 Mb	10,575	Micromonas Genome Consortium	2009^[36]	Phytozome^[24] The Greenhouse^[15]
Micromonas pusilla RCC299/NOUM17	Marine phytoplankton	20.9 Mb	10,056	Joint Genome Institute	2009^[36]	Phytozome^[24] The Greenhouse^[15]
Monoraphidium neglectum	Biofuels	69.7 Mb	16,755	Bielefeld University	2013^[37]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Ostreococcus lucimarinus CCE9901	Small genome	13.2 Mb	7,603	Joint Genome Institute	2007^[38]	Phytozome^[24]
Ostreococcus tauri OTH95	Small genome	12.9 Mb	7,699	CNRS	2014^[39]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Ostreococcus sp. RCC809	Small genome	13.3 Mb	7,492	Joint Genome Institute	2009^[40]	JGI^[41]
Picochlorum soloecismus DOE101	Biofuels	15.2 Mb	7,844	Los Alamos National Lab	2017^[42]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Picochlorum SENEW3	Biofuels	13.5 Mb	7,367	Rutgers University	2014^[43]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Scenedesmus obliquus DOE0152Z	Biofuels	210.3 Mb		Brooklyn College	2017^[44]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Symbiochloris reticulata (Metagenome)	Photobiont	58.6 Mb	12,720	Joint Genome Institute	2018^[45]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Tetraselmis sp.	Biofuels	228 Mb		Los Alamos National Lab	2018^[15]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Pedinomonas minor (Chlorophyta)		55 Mb		New Phytologist	2022^[46]
Volvox carteri	Multicellular alga, model organism	131.2 Mb	14,247	Joint Genome Institute	2010^[47]	Phytozome^[24] The Greenhouse^[15]
Yamagishiella unicocca	Multicellular alga, model organism	~140 Mb		University of Tokyo	2018^[32]

Organism strain	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion	Links
Chrysochromulina parva		Biofuels	65.8 Mb		Los Alamos National Laboratory	2018^[48]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Chrysochromulina tobinii CCMP291		Model organism, Biofuels	59.1 Mb	16,765	University of Washington	2015^[49]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Emiliania huxleyi	Coccolithophore	Alkenone production, Algal blooms	167.7 Mb	38,554	Joint Genome Institute	2013^[50]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Pavlovales sp. CCMP2436		Psychrophile	165.4 Mb	26,034	Joint Genome Institute	2016^[51]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]

List of sequenced algae genomes

Dinoflagellates (Alveolata)

Cryptomonad

Glaucophyte

Green algae

Haptophyte

Heterokonts/Stramenopiles

Red algae (Rhodophyte)

Rhizaria

References

Related Articles

Organism strain	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion	Links
Aureococcus anophagefferens		Harmful Algal Bloom	50.1 Mb	11,522	Joint Genome Institute	2011^[52]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Ectocarpus siliculosus	Brown algae	Model organism	198.5 Mb	16,269	Genoscope	2012^[53]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Fragilariopsis cylindrus CCMP1102		Psychrophile	61.1 Mb	21,066	University of East Anglia, Joint Genome Institute	2017^[54]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Nannochloropsis gaditana		Biofuels	28.5 Mb	10,486	University of Padua	2014^[55]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Nannochloropsis oceanica		Biofuels	31.5 Mb		Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology	2016^[56]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Nannochloropsis Salina CCMP1766		Biofuels	24.4 Mb		Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology	2016^[57]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Ochromonadaceae sp. CCMP2298		Psychrophile	61.1 Mb	20,195	Joint Genome Institute	2016^[58]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Pelagophyceae sp. CCMP2097		Psychrophile	85.2 Mb	19,402	Joint Genome Institute	2016^[59]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Phaeodactylum tricornutum		Model organism	27.5 Mb	10,408	Diatom Consortium	2008^[60]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries CLN-47			218.7 Mb	19,703	Joint Genome Institute	2011^[61]	JGI Genome Portal^[13]
Saccharina japonica	Brown algae	Commercial crop	543.4 Mb		Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Institutes of Life Science	2015^[62]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Thalassiosira oceanica CCMP 1005		Model organism	92.2 Mb	34,642	The Future Ocean	2012^[63]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Thalassiosira pseudonana		model organism	32.4 Mb	11,673	Diatom Consortium	2009^[64]	The Greenhouse^[15]

Organism strain	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion	Links
Chondrus crispus	Carrageenan production, model organism	105 Mb	9,606	Genoscope	2013	The Greenhouse^[15]
Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D	Model organism	16.5 Mb	4,775	National Institute of Genetics, Japan	2007^[65]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Galdieria sulphuraria	Extremophile	12.1 Mb		The University of York	2016^[66]	The Greenhouse^[15]
Gracilariopsis chorda	Mesophile	92.1 Mb	10,806	Sungkyunkwan University	2018^[67]
Porphyridium purpureum	Mesophile	19.7 Mb	8,355	Rutgers University	2013^[68]
Porphyra umbilicalis	Mariculture	87.6 Mb	13,360	University of Maine	2017^[69]	Phytozome^[24]
Pyropia yezoensis	Mariculture	43.5 Mb	10,327	National Research Institute of Fisheries Science	2013^[70]

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