Number of chromosomes in the smallest free living eukaryote

Value 20 unitless Range: Table - link unitless
Organism Ostreococcus tauri
Reference Derelle E. et al., Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 1 103(31):11647-52. p.11648 left column bottom paragraph & p.11649 table 1PubMed ID16868079
Method "Whole genome shotgun sequencing and an oriented walking strategy were used to sequence the genome of O. tauri strain OTH95."
Comments "A genome size of 12.56 Mb distributed in 20 superscaffolds corresponding to 20 chromosomes was determined by means of sequence assembly (Fig.1 and Figs. 4 and 5, which are published as supporting information on the PNAS web site), fully consistent with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis results indicating a total size of 12.5 to 13 Mb (Fig.4 and Supporting Text, which are published as supporting information on the PNAS web site)."
Entered by Uri M
ID 105489