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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