Schematic of <I>Cyanophora paradoxa</I> (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Schematic of <I>Cyanophora paradoxa</I>

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This is a schematic image of the "living fossil" Cyanophora paradoxa that is a member of the algal phylum Glaucophyta. The cell only measures about 7 microns wide, has two flagella, and a blue-green plastid (shown here dividing) of primary endosymbiotic origin that is shared with red algae, green algae, and land plants. This plastid retains a peptidoglycan wall that is an ancestral trait of the cyanobacterial endosymbiont.

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Courtesy of Bhattacharya Laboratory

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