Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is a green microalga. The unicellular and genetically modifiable organism posses several characteristics making it an interesting model organism for synthetic biology.

• Inexpensive & easy cultivation
• Phototrophic
• Enviromental-safe
• Two expression compartments (nucleus & chloroplast)
• Post-translational modification
• one organism = single cell

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  Fig. 1. Raster electron microscope image of C. reinhardtii

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  Fig. 2. Schematic overview of C. reinhardtii

References

[1] Harris, E. H. (2001). "CHLAMYDOMONAS AS A MODEL ORGANISM." Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol 52: 363-406.

[2] Sasso, S., et al. (2018). "From molecular manipulation of domesticated Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to survival in nature." eLife 7: e39233.