''Bigelowiella'' is a genus of chlorarachniophyte

alga Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...

e, containing a secondary plastid within a reduced cytoplasmic compartment that contains a vestigial

nucleomorph Nucleomorphs are small, vestigial eukaryotic nuclei found between the inner and outer pairs of membranes in certain plastids. They are thought to be vestiges of primitive red and green algal nuclei that were engulfed by a larger eukaryote. Becaus ...

Genomes

The ''

Bigelowiella natans ''Bigelowiella natans'' is a species of Chlorarachniophyte alga that is a model organism for the Rhizaria. Chlorarachniophyte are unicellular marine algae with plastids of secondary endosymbiotic origin. Bigelowiella natans are a key resource for ...

'' nuclear genome was the first to be sequenced from a

rhizaria The Rhizaria are an ill-defined but species-rich supergroup of mostly unicellular eukaryotes. Except for the Chlorarachniophytes and three species in the genus Paulinella in the phylum Cercozoa, they are all non-photosynthethic, but many forami ...

n protist, containing 94.7 Mbp encoding 21,708 genes.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16895964 Cercozoa genera Filosa