@article {benites_evolutionary_2021,
	title = {Evolutionary Genomics of Sex-Related Chromosomes at the Base of the Green Lineage},
	journal = {Genome Biology and Evolution},
	volume = {13},
	number = {10},
	year = {2021},
	pages = {evab216},
	abstract = {Although sex is now accepted as a ubiquitous and ancestral feature of eukaryotes, direct observation of sex is still lacking in most unicellular eukaryotic lineages. Evidence of sex is frequently indirect and inferred from the identification of genes involved in meiosis from whole genome data and/or the detection of recombination signatures from genetic diversity in natural populations. In haploid unicellular eukaryotes, sex-related chromosomes are named mating-type (MTs) chromosomes and generally carry large genomic regions where recombination is suppressed. These regions have been characterized in Fungi and Chlorophyta and determine gamete compatibility and fusion. Two candidate MT{\th} and MT{\`A} alleles, spanning 450{\textendash}650 kb, have recently been described in Ostreococcus tauri, a marine phytoplanktonic alga from the Mamiellophyceae class, an early diverging branch in the green lineage. Here, we investigate the architecture and evolution of these candidate MT{\th} and MT{\`A} alleles. We analyzed the phylogenetic profile and GC content of MT gene families in eight different genomes whose divergence has been previously estimated at up to 640 Myr, and found evidence that the divergence of the two MT alleles predates speciation in the Ostreococcus genus. Phylogenetic profiles of MT transspecific polymorphisms in gametologs disclosed candidate MTs in two additional species, and possibly a third. These Mamiellales MT candidates are likely to be the oldest mating-type loci described to date, which makes them fascinating models to investigate the evolutionary mechanisms of haploid sex determination in eukaryotes.},
	keywords = {RCC1105, RCC1115, RCC2590, RCC299, rcc3401, RCC4221, RCC809, RCC834},
	issn = {1759-6653},
	doi = {10.1093/gbe/evab216},
	url = {https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/doi/10.1093/gbe/evab216/6380139},
	author = {Benites, Luis Felipe and Bucchini, Fran{\c c}ois and Sanchez-Brosseau, Sophie and Grimsley, Nigel and Vandepoele, Klaas and Piganeau, Gwenael},
	editor = {Wolfe, Kenneth}
}
@article {Leconte2020,
	title = {Genome resolved biogeography of mamiellales},
	journal = {Genes},
	volume = {11},
	number = {1},
	year = {2020},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1105,RCC299,RCC4221: RCC2590,RCC809},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {66},
	abstract = {Among marine phytoplankton, Mamiellales encompass several species from the genera Micromonas, Ostreococcus and Bathycoccus, which are important contributors to primary production. Previous studies based on single gene markers described their wide geographical distribution but led to discussion because of the uneven taxonomic resolution of the method. Here, we leverage genome sequences for six Mamiellales species, two from each genus Micromonas, Ostreococcus and Bathycoccus, to investigate their distribution across 133 stations sampled during the Tara Oceans expedition. Our study confirms the cosmopolitan distribution of Mamiellales and further suggests non-random distribution of species, with two triplets of co-occurring genomes associated with different temperatures: Ostreococcus lucimarinus, Bathycoccus prasinos and Micromonas pusilla were found in colder waters, whereas Ostreococcus spp. RCC809, Bathycoccus spp. TOSAG39-1 and Micromonas commoda were more abundant in warmer conditions. We also report the distribution of the two candidate mating-types of Ostreococcus for which the frequency of sexual reproduction was previously assumed to be very low. Indeed, both mating types were systematically detected together in agreement with either frequent sexual reproduction or the high prevalence of a diploid stage. Altogether, these analyses provide novel insights into Mamiellales{\textquoteright} biogeography and raise novel testable hypotheses about their life cycle and ecology.},
	keywords = {Biogeography, mamiellales, mating-type, RCC1105, RCC2590, RCC299, RCC4221, RCC809, sexual reproduction, tara oceans},
	issn = {2073-4425},
	doi = {10.3390/genes11010066},
	url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/1/66},
	author = {Leconte and Benites and Vannier and Wincker and Piganeau and Jaillon}
}
@article {Helliwell2019,
	title = {Alternative mechanisms for fast na + /ca 2+ signaling in eukaryotes via a novel class of single-domain voltage-gated channels},
	journal = {Current Biology},
	volume = {29},
	number = {9},
	year = {2019},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299},
	pages = {1503{\textendash}1511.e6},
	abstract = {Rapid Na + /Ca 2+ -based action potentials govern essential cellular functions in eukaryotes, from the motile responses of unicellular protists, such as Paramecium [1, 2], to complex animal neuromuscular activity [3]. A key innovation underpinning this fundamental signaling process has been the evolution of four-domain voltage-gated Na + /Ca 2+ channels (4D-Ca v s/Na v s). These channels are widely distributed across eukaryote diversity [4], albeit several eukaryotes, including land plants and fungi, have lost voltage-sensitive 4D-Ca v /Na v s [5{\textendash}7]. Because these lineages appear to lack rapid Na + /Ca 2+ -based action potentials, 4D-Ca v /Na v s are generally considered necessary for fast Na + /Ca 2+ -based signaling [7]. However, the cellular mechanisms underpinning the membrane physiology of many eukaryotes remain unexamined. Eukaryotic phytoplankton critically influence our climate as major primary producers. Several taxa, including the globally abundant diatoms, exhibit membrane excitability [8{\textendash}10]. We previously demonstrated that certain diatom genomes encode 4D-Ca v /Na v s [4] but also proteins of unknown function, resembling prokaryote single-domain, voltage-gated Na + channels (BacNa v s) [4]. Here, we show that single-domain channels are actually broadly distributed across major eukaryote phytoplankton lineages and represent three novel classes of single-domain channels, which we refer collectively to as EukCats. Functional characterization of diatom EukCatAs indicates that they are voltage-gated Na + - and Ca 2+ -permeable channels, with rapid kinetics resembling metazoan 4D-Ca v s/Na v s. In Phaeodactylum tricornutum, which lacks 4D-Ca v /Na v s, EukCatAs underpin voltage-activated Ca 2+ signaling important for membrane excitability, and mutants exhibit impaired motility. EukCatAs therefore provide alternative mechanisms for rapid Na + /Ca 2+ signaling in eukaryotes and may functionally replace 4D-Ca v s/Na v s in pennate diatoms. Marine phytoplankton thus possess unique signaling mechanisms that may be key to environmental sensing in the oceans. Diatoms exhibit fast animal-like action potentials, but many species lack 4D-Ca v /Na v channels that underpin membrane excitability in animals. Diatoms do encode novel 1D voltage-gated channels (EukCatAs). Helliwell, Chrachri et al. show that EukCatAs are fast Na + and Ca 2+ channels that provide alternative mechanisms for rapid signaling in eukaryotes.},
	keywords = {action potentials, BacNa v, calcium channel, diatoms, EukCats, gliding motility, ion selectivity, RCC299, signaling, single-domain channel, voltage-gated channel},
	issn = {09609822},
	doi = {10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.041},
	author = {Helliwell, Katherine E. and Chrachri, Abdul and Koester, Julie A. and Wharam, Susan and Verret, Frederic and Taylor, Alison R. and Wheeler, Glen L. and Brownlee, Colin}
}
@article {Demory2019,
	title = {Picoeukaryotes of the Micromonas genus: sentinels of a warming ocean},
	journal = {The ISME Journal},
	volume = {13},
	number = {1},
	year = {2019},
	note = {tex.ids= Demory2018 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC114,RCC1697,RCC1862,RCC2257,RCC2306,RCC299,RCC451,RCC497,RCC746,RCC829,RCC834 publisher: Nature Publishing Group},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {132{\textendash}146},
	abstract = {Photosynthetic picoeukaryotesx in the genus Micromonas show among the widest latitudinal distributions on Earth, experiencing large thermal gradients from poles to tropics. Micromonas comprises at least four different species often found in sympatry. While such ubiquity might suggest a wide thermal niche, the temperature response of the different strains is still unexplored, leaving many questions as for their ecological success over such diverse ecosystems. Using combined experiments and theory, we characterize the thermal response of eleven Micromonas strains belonging to four species. We demonstrate that the variety of specific responses to temperature in the Micromonas genus makes this environmental factor an ideal marker to describe its global distribution and diversity. We then propose a diversity model for the genus Micromonas, which proves to be representative of the whole phytoplankton diversity. This prominent primary producer is therefore a sentinel organism of phytoplankton diversity at the global scale. We use the diversity within Micromonas to anticipate the potential impact of global warming on oceanic phytoplankton. We develop a dynamic, adaptive model and run forecast simulations, exploring a range of adaptation time scales, to probe the likely responses to climate change. Results stress how biodiversity erosion depends on the ability of organisms to adapt rapidly to temperature increase.},
	keywords = {Biogeography, change ecology, Climate, microbial ecology, RCC114, RCC1697, RCC1862, RCC2257, RCC2306, RCC299, RCC451, RCC497, RCC746, RCC829, RCC834},
	issn = {1751-7362},
	doi = {10.1038/s41396-018-0248-0},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-018-0248-0},
	author = {Demory, David and Baudoux, Anne-claire and Monier, Adam and Simon, Nathalie and Six, Christophe and Ge, Pei and Rigaut-jalabert, Fabienne and Marie, Dominique and Sciandra, Antoine and Bernard, Olivier and Rabouille, Sophie}
}
@article {Fiore2018,
	title = {A phosphate starvation response gene (psr1-like) is present and expressed in Micromonas pusilla and other marine algae},
	journal = {bioRxiv},
	year = {2018},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299,RCC834},
	keywords = {? No DOI found, RCC299, RCC834},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/484824},
	author = {Fiore, Cara L. and Alexander, Harriet and Soule, Melissa C. Kido and Kujawinski, Elizabeth B.}
}
@article {Marie2017,
	title = {Improvement of phytoplankton culture isolation using single cell sorting by flow cytometry},
	journal = {Journal of Phycology},
	volume = {53},
	number = {2},
	year = {2017},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,RCC1008,RCC299,RCC350,RCC4108,RCC4548,RCC4549,RCC4550,RCC4551,RCC4552,RCC4553,RCC4554,RCC4555,RCC4556,RCC4557,RCC4558,RCC4559,RCC4560,RCC4561,RCC4562,RCC4563,RCC4564,RCC4565,RCC4566,RCC4567,RCC4568,RCC4569,RCC4570,RCC4571,RCC4572,RCC4573,RCC4574,RCC4575,RCC4576,RCC4577,RCC4578,RCC4579,RCC4657,RCC4658,RCC4659,RCC4660,RCC4661,RCC4662,RCC4663,RCC4664,RCC4665,RCC4666,RCC90},
	month = {apr},
	pages = {271{\textendash}282},
	keywords = {2016, RCC1008, RCC299, RCC350, RCC4108, RCC4548, RCC4549, RCC4550, RCC4551, RCC4552, RCC4553, RCC4554, RCC4555, RCC4556, RCC4557, RCC4558, RCC4559, RCC4560, RCC4561, RCC4562, RCC4563, RCC4564, RCC4565, RCC4566, RCC4567, RCC4568, RCC4569, RCC4570, RCC4571, RCC4572, RCC4573, RCC4574, RCC4575, RCC4576, RCC4577, RCC4578, RCC4579, RCC4657, RCC4658, RCC4659, RCC4660, RCC4661, RCC4662, RCC4663, RCC4664, RCC4665, RCC4666, RCC90},
	issn = {00223646},
	doi = {10.1111/jpy.12495},
	url = {http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jpy.12495},
	author = {Marie, Dominique and Le Gall, Florence and Edern, Roseline and Gourvil, Priscillia and Vaulot, Daniel},
	editor = {Valentin, K.}
}
@article {Weynberg2017,
	title = {Marine prasinoviruses and their tiny plankton hosts : A review},
	journal = {Viruses},
	number = {March},
	year = {2017},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2017,RCC,rcc1105,rcc299,rcc809},
	pages = {1{\textendash}20},
	abstract = {Viruses play a crucial role in the marine environment, promoting nutrient recycling and biogeochemical cycling and driving evolutionary processes. Tiny marine phytoplankton called prasinophytes are ubiquitous and significant contributors to global primary production and biomass. A number of viruses (known as prasinoviruses) that infect these important primary producers have been isolated and characterised over the past decade. Here we review the current body of knowledge about prasinoviruses and their interactions with their algal hosts. Several genes, including those encoding for glycosyltransferases, methyltransferases and amino acid synthesis enzymes, which have never been identified in viruses of eukaryotes previously, have been detected in prasinovirus genomes. The host organisms are also intriguing; most recently, an immunity chromosome used by a prasinophyte in response to viral infection was discovered. In light of such recent, novel discoveries, we discuss why the cellular simplicity of prasinophytes makes for appealing model host organism{\textendash}virus systems to facilitate focused and detailed investigations into the dynamics of marine viruses and their intimate associations with host species. We encourage the adoption of the prasinophyte Ostreococcus and its associated viruses as a model host{\textendash}virus system for examination of cellular and molecular processes in the marine environment.},
	keywords = {2017, host interactions, marine virus ecology, rcc, RCC1105, RCC299, RCC809, virus, virus-driven evolution, virus{\textendash}host interactions},
	issn = {1999-4915},
	doi = {10.3390/v9030043},
	author = {Weynberg, Karen D and Allen, Michael J and Wilson, William H}
}
@article {Blanc-Mathieu2017,
	title = {Population genomics of picophytoplankton unveils novel chromosome hypervariability},
	journal = {Science Advances},
	volume = {3},
	number = {7},
	year = {2017},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC1105,RCC1108,RCC1110,RCC1112,RCC1114,RCC1115,RCC1116,RCC1117,RCC1118,RCC1123,RCC1558,RCC1559,RCC1561,RCC299,RCC4221,RCC809},
	month = {jul},
	pages = {e1700239},
	keywords = {RCC1105, RCC1108, RCC1110, RCC1112, RCC1114, RCC1115, RCC1116, RCC1117, RCC1118, RCC1123, RCC1558, RCC1559, RCC1561, RCC299, RCC4221, RCC809},
	issn = {2375-2548},
	doi = {10.1126/sciadv.1700239},
	url = {http://advances.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1700239},
	author = {Blanc-Mathieu, Romain and Krasovec, Marc and Hebrard, Maxime and Yau, Sheree and Desgranges, Elodie and Martin, Joel and Schackwitz, Wendy and Kuo, Alan and Salin, Gerald and Donnadieu, Cecile and Desdevises, Yves and Sanchez-Ferandin, Sophie and Moreau, Herv{\'e} and Rivals, Eric and Grigoriev, Igor V. and Grimsley, Nigel and Eyre-Walker, Adam and Piganeau, Gwenael}
}
@article {Cuvelier2017,
	title = {Responses of the picoprasinophyte Micromonas commoda to light and ultraviolet stress},
	journal = {PLOS ONE},
	volume = {12},
	number = {3},
	year = {2017},
	note = {ISBN: 1111111111 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {e0172135},
	keywords = {RCC299},
	issn = {1932-6203},
	doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0172135},
	url = {http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172135},
	author = {Cuvelier, Marie L and Guo, Jian and Ortiz, Alejandra C. and van Baren, Marijke J. and Tariq, Muhammad Akram and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Worden, Alexandra Z},
	editor = {Cockshutt, Amanda M.}
}
@article {Simon2017,
	title = {Revision of the genus micromonas manton et parke (chlorophyta, mamiellophyceae), of the type species m. pusilla (butcher) manton \& parke and of the species m. commoda van baren, bachy and worden and description of two new species based on the genetic},
	journal = {Protist},
	volume = {168},
	number = {5},
	year = {2017},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2017,RCC1109,RCC114,RCC2306,RCC2308,RCC299,RCC372,RCC373,RCC418,RCC434,RCC447,RCC448,RCC449,RCC450,RCC451,RCC461,RCC465,RCC472,RCC497,RCC498,RCC570,RCC629,RCC647,RCC658,RCC676,RCC692,RCC746,RCC803,RCC804,RCC805,RCC806,RCC807,RCC808,RCC828,RCC829,RCC830,RCC831,RCC833,RCC834,RCC835,RCC836,sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo},
	month = {nov},
	pages = {612{\textendash}635},
	keywords = {2017, ASSEMBLE, rcc, RCC1109, RCC114, RCC2306, RCC2308, RCC299, RCC372, RCC373, RCC418, RCC434, RCC447, RCC448, RCC449, RCC450, RCC451, RCC461, RCC465, RCC472, RCC497, RCC498, RCC570, RCC629, RCC647, RCC658, RCC676, RCC692, RCC746, RCC803, RCC804, RCC805, RCC806, RCC807, RCC808, RCC828, RCC829, RCC830, RCC831, RCC833, RCC834, RCC835, RCC836, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$IPO, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmP$PM, sbr?hyto$_\textrmd$ipo},
	issn = {14344610},
	doi = {10.1016/j.protis.2017.09.002},
	url = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1434461017300780},
	author = {Simon, Nathalie and Foulon, Elodie and Grulois, Daphne and Six, Christophe and Desdevises, Yves and Latimier, Marie and Le Gall, Florence and Tragin, Margot and Houdan, Aude and Derelle, Evelyne and Jouenne, Fabien and Marie, Dominique and Le Panse, Sophie and Vaulot, Daniel and Marin, Birger}
}
@article {Leliaert2016,
	title = {Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov.},
	journal = {Scientific Reports},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2016},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,RCC15,RCC299},
	month = {may},
	pages = {25367},
	keywords = {2016, RCC15, RCC299},
	issn = {2045-2322},
	doi = {10.1038/srep25367},
	url = {http://www.nature.com/articles/srep25367},
	author = {Leliaert, Frederik and Tronholm, Ana and Lemieux, Claude and Turmel, Monique and DePriest, Michael S. and Bhattacharya, Debashish and Karol, Kenneth G. and Fredericq, Suzanne and Zechman, Frederick W. and Lopez-Bautista, Juan M.}
}
@article {Yau2016,
	title = {A viral immunity chromosome in the marine picoeukaryote, ostreococcus tauri},
	journal = {PLOS Pathogens},
	volume = {12},
	number = {10},
	year = {2016},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2016,RCC299,RCC4221,RCC809},
	month = {oct},
	pages = {e1005965},
	keywords = {2016, RCC299, RCC4221, RCC809},
	issn = {1553-7374},
	doi = {10.1371/journal.ppat.1005965},
	url = {http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005965},
	author = {Yau, Sheree and Hemon, Claire and Derelle, Evelyne and Moreau, Herv{\'e} and Piganeau, Gwenael and Grimsley, Nigel},
	editor = {Ding, Shou-Wei}
}
@article {Wheeler2015,
	title = {Evolution of alternative biosynthetic pathways for vitamin C following plastid acquisition in photosynthetic eukaryotes},
	journal = {eLife},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2015},
	note = {ISBN: 8196242115 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299},
	pages = {1{\textendash}25},
	abstract = {Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is an enzyme co-factor in eukaryotes that also plays a critical role in protecting photosynthetic eukaryotes against damaging reactive oxygen species derived from the chloroplast. Many animal lineages, including primates, have become ascorbate auxotrophs due to the loss of the terminal enzyme in their biosynthetic pathway, L-gulonolactone oxidase (GULO). The alternative pathways found in land plants and Euglena use a different terminal enzyme, L-galactonolactone dehydrogenase (GLDH). The evolutionary processes leading to these differing pathways and their contribution to the cellular roles of ascorbate remain unclear. Here we present molecular and biochemical evidence demonstrating that GULO was functionally replaced with GLDH in photosynthetic eukaryote lineages following plastid acquisition. GULO has therefore been lost repeatedly throughout eukaryote evolution. The formation of the alternative biosynthetic pathways in photosynthetic eukaryotes uncoupled ascorbate synthesis from hydrogen peroxide production and likely contributed to the rise of ascorbate as a major photoprotective antioxidant.},
	keywords = {ascorbate, evolutionary biology, Galdieria, genomics, L-gulonolactone oxidase, plant biology, Porphyra, RCC299, vitamin C},
	issn = {2050084X},
	doi = {10.7554/eLife.06369},
	author = {Wheeler, Glen and Ishikawa, Takahiro and Pornsaksit, Varissa and Smirnoff, Nicholas}
}
@article {Collen2013,
	title = {Genome structure and metabolic features in the red seaweed Chondrus crispus shed light on evolution of the Archaeplastida},
	journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
	volume = {110},
	number = {13},
	year = {2013},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299},
	pages = {5247{\textendash}5252},
	abstract = {Red seaweeds are key components of coastal ecosystems and are economically important as food and as a source of gelling agents, but their genes and genomes have received little attention. Here we report the sequencing of the 105-Mbp genome of the florideophyte Chondrus crispus (Irish moss) and the annotation of the 9,606 genes. The genome features an unusual structure characterized by gene-dense regions surrounded by repeat-rich regions dominated by transposable elements. Despite its fairly large size, this genome shows features typical of compact genomes, e.g., on average only 0.3 introns per gene, short introns, low median distance between genes, small gene families, and no indication of large-scale genome duplication. The genome also gives insights into the metabolism of marine red algae and adaptations to the marine environment, including genes related to halogen metabolism, oxylipins, and multicellularity (microRNA processing and transcription factors). Particularly interesting are features related to carbohydrate metabolism, which include a minimalistic gene set for starch biosynthesis, the presence of cellulose synthases acquired before the primary endosymbiosis showing the polyphyly of cellulose synthesis in Archaeplastida, and cellulases absent in terrestrial plants as well as the occurrence of a mannosylglycerate synthase potentially originating from a marine bacterium. To explain the observations on genome structure and gene content, we propose an evolutionary scenario involving an ancestral red alga that was driven by early ecological forces to lose genes, introns, and intergenetic DNA; this loss was followed by an expansion of genome size as a consequence of activity of transposable elements.},
	keywords = {RCC299},
	doi = {10.1073/pnas.1221259110},
	url = {http://www.pnas.org/content/110/13/5247.abstract},
	author = {Collen, Jonas and Porcel, Betina and Carr{\'e}, Wilfrid and Ball, Steven G and Chaparro, Cristian and Tonon, Thierry and Barbeyron, Tristan and Michel, Gurvan and Noel, Benjamin and Valentin, Klaus and Elias, Marek and Artiguenave, Fran{\c c}ois and Arun, Alok and Aury, Jean-Marc and Barbosa-Neto, Jos{\'e} F and Bothwell, John H and Bouget, Fran{\c c}ois-Yves and Brillet, Loraine and Cabello-Hurtado, Francisco and Capella-Guti{\'e}rrez, Salvador and Charrier, B{\'e}n{\'e}dicte and Cladi{\`e}re, Lionel and Cock, J Mark and Coelho, Susana M and Colleoni, Christophe and Czjzek, Mirjam and Da Silva, Corinne and Delage, Ludovic and Denoeud, France and Deschamps, Philippe and Dittami, Simon M and Gabald{\'o}n, Toni and Gachon, Claire M M and Groisillier, Agn{\`e}s and Herv{\'e}, C{\'e}cile and Jabbari, Kamel and Katinka, Michael and Kloareg, Bernard and Kowalczyk, Nathalie and Labadie, Karine and Leblanc, Catherine and Lopez, Pascal J and McLachlan, Deirdre H and Meslet-Cladiere, Laurence and Moustafa, Ahmed and Nehr, Zofia and Nyvall Coll{\'e}n, Pi and Panaud, Olivier and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Poulain, Julie and Rensing, Stefan A and Rousvoal, Sylvie and Samson, Gaelle and Symeonidi, Aikaterini and Weissenbach, Jean and Zambounis, Antonios and Wincker, Patrick and Boyen, Catherine}
}
@article {Turmel2010,
	title = {A deviant genetic code in the reduced mitochondrial genome of the picoplanktonic green alga pycnococcus provasolii},
	journal = {Journal of Molecular Evolution},
	volume = {70},
	number = {2},
	year = {2010},
	note = {ISBN: 0022-2844 tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299},
	pages = {203{\textendash}214},
	abstract = {Reduction in size of flagellated chlorophytes occurred multiple times during evolution, providing the opportunity to study the consequences of cell reduction on genome architecture. Recent investigations on the chloroplast genomes of the tiny prasinophyceans Ostreococcus tauri (Mamiellales), Micromonas sp. RCC299 (Mamiellales), and Pycnococcus provasolii (Pseudocourfieldiales) highlighted their extreme compaction and reduced gene repertoires. Genome compaction is also exemplified by the Ostreococcus and Micromonas mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) although they have retained almost all of the about 65 genes presumably present in the mitochondria of ancestral prasinophyceans. In this study, the mitochondrial genome of Pycnococcus was sequenced and compared to those of previously examined chlorophytes. Our results document the first case where cellular reduction of a free-living alga was accompanied by marked reduction in gene content of both the mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes. At 24,321 bp, the intronless Pycnococcus mitochondrial genome falls within the lower size range displayed by green algal mtDNAs. The 36 conserved genes, specifying two rRNAs with conventional structures, 16 tRNAs and 18 proteins, are all encoded on the same DNA strand and represent 88\% of the genome. Besides a pronounced codon bias, the protein-coding genes feature a variant genetic code characterized by the use of TGA (normally a stop codon) to code for tryptophan, and the unprecedented use of TTA and TTG (normally leucine codons) as stop codons. We conclude that substantial reduction of the mitochondrial genome occurred in at least three independent chlorophyte lineages and that this process entailed a number of convergent changes in these lineages.},
	keywords = {RCC299},
	doi = {10.1007/s00239-010-9322-6},
	author = {Turmel, Monique and Otis, Christian and Lemieux, Claude}
}
@article {McDonald2010,
	title = {The mixed lineage nature of nitrogen transport and assimilation in marine eukaryotic phytoplankton: a case study of Micromonas},
	journal = {Molecular Biology and Evolution},
	volume = {27},
	number = {10},
	year = {2010},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299},
	pages = {2268{\textendash}2283},
	abstract = {The prasinophyte order Mamiellales contains several widespread marine picophytoplankton (<=2 ??m diameter) taxa, including Micromonas and Ostreococcus. Complete genome sequences are available for two Micromonas isolates, CCMP1545 and RCC299. We performed in silico analyses of nitrogen transporters and related assimilation genes in CCMP1545 and RCC299 and compared these with other green lineage organisms as well as Chromalveolata, fungi, bacteria, and archaea. Phylogenetic reconstructions of ammonium transporter (AMT) genes revealed divergent types contained within each Mamiellales genome. Some were affiliated with plant and green algal AMT1 genes and others with bacterial AMT2 genes. Land plant AMT2 genes were phylogenetically closer to archaeal transporters than to Mamiellales AMT2 genes. The Mamiellales represent the first green algal genomes to harbor AMT2 genes, which are not found in Chlorella and Chlamydomonas or the chromalveolate algae analyzed but are present in oomycetes. Fewer nitrate transporter (NRT) than AMT genes were identified in the Mamiellales. NRT1 was found in all but CCMP1545 and showed highest similarity to Mamiellales and proteobacterial NRTs. NRT2 genes formed a bootstrap-supported clade basal to other green lineage organisms. Several nitrogen-related genes were colocated, forming a nitrogen gene cluster. Overall, RCC299 showed the most divergent suite of nitrogen transporters within the various Mamiellales genomes, and we developed TaqMan quantitative polymerase chain reaction primer{\textendash}probes targeting a subset of these, as well as housekeeping genes, in RCC299. All those investigated showed expression either under standard growth conditions or under nitrogen depletion. Like other recent publications, our findings show a higher degree of {\textquotedblleft}mixed lineage gene affiliations{\textquotedblright} among eukaryotes than anticipated, and even the most phylogenetically anomalous versions appear to be functional. Nitrogen is often considered a regulating factor for phytoplankton populations. This study provides a springboard for exploring the use and functional diversification of inorganic nitrogen transporters and related genes in eukaryotic phytoplankton.},
	keywords = {rcc, RCC299},
	doi = {10.1093/molbev/msq113},
	url = {http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/27/10/2268.abstract},
	author = {McDonald, Sarah M and Plant, Joshua N and Worden, Alexandra Z}
}
@article {Worden2009,
	title = {Green evolution and dynamic adaptations revealed by genomes of the marine picoeukaryotes Micromonas},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {324},
	year = {2009},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC299,RCC827},
	pages = {268{\textendash}272},
	abstract = {The photosynthetic picoeukaryote Micromonas thrives from tropical to polar marine ecosystems and belongs to an anciently diverged sister clade to land plants. We sequenced genomes from two Micromonas isolates (22 Mb, CCMP1545; 21 Mb, RCC299) and the results improve understanding of their ecology and green-lineage evolution. Despite high 18S rDNA sequence identity, only 90\% of their predicted genes were shared. Novel intronic repeat elements in CCMP1545, otherwise found only in metagenomic data, and unique riboswitch arrangements emphasized their independent evolutionary paths. Phylogenomic profiles revealed putative ancestral features, but also indicated selection/acquisition processes are actively shaping a {\textquoteleft}unique{\textquoteright} gene pool in each differently than {\textquoteleft}core{\textquoteright} genes. Current climate-change trajectories are predicted to produce conditions favoring picophytoplankton, making Micromonas potential indicators of biological change in ocean ecosystems.},
	keywords = {rcc, RCC299, RCC827, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmD$PO, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto$_\textrmE$PPO},
	doi = {10.1126/science.1167222},
	author = {Worden, A Z and Lee, J.- H and Mock, T and Rouz{\'e}, P and Simmons, M P and Aerts, A L and Allen, A E and Cuvelier, M L and Derelle, E and Everett, M V and Foulon, E and Grimwood, J and Gundlach, H and Henrissat, B and Napoli, C and McDonald, S M and Parker, M S and Rombauts, S and Salamov, A and Von Dassow, P and Badger, J H and Coutinho, P M and Demir, E and Dubchak, I and Gentemann, C and Eikrem, W and Gready, J E and John, U and Lanier, W and Lindquist, E A and Lucas, S and Mayer, K F X and Moreau, H and Not, F and Otillar, R and Panaud, O and Pangilinan, J and Paulsen, I and Piegu, B and Poliakov, A and Robbens, S and Schmutz, J and Toulza, E and Wyss, T and Zelensky, A and Zhou, K and Armbrust, E V and Bhattacharya, D and Goodenough, U W and Van de Peer, Y and Grigoriev, I V}
}
