EPPO Global Database

Cyanophora paradoxa(KPZPA)

Overview
Code created in: 2014-01-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: KPZPA
  • Preferred name: Cyanophora paradoxa
  • Authority: Korshikov

Notes

Model organism. Freshwater single-celled nitrogen-fixing alga. Genome sequenced in 2012. Represents the oldest group of Plantae, with chloroplasts retaining the wall of their cyanobacterial precursors.