This list of sequenced algal genomes contains algal species known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled, annotated and published. Unassembled genomes are not included, nor are organelle-only sequences. For plant genomes see the list of sequenced plant genomes. For plastid sequences, see the list of sequenced plastomes. For all kingdoms, see the list of sequenced genomes.
Dinoflagellates (Alveolata) See also List of sequenced protist genomes. +Organism
strainTypeRelevanceGenome sizeNumber of genes
predictedOrganizationYear of completionAssembly statusLinksBreviolum minutum (Symbiodinium minutum; clade B1)DinoflagellateCoral symbiont1.5 Gb47,014Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology2013DraftOIST Marine GenomicsCladocopium goreaui (Symbiodinium goreaui; clade C, type C1)DinoflagellateCoral symbiont1.19 Gb35,913Reef Future Genomics (ReFuGe) 2020 / University of Queensland2018DraftReFuGe 2020Cladocopium C92 strain Y103 (Symbiodinium sp. clade C; putative type C92)DinoflagellateForaminiferan symbiontUnknown (assembly size 0.70 Gb)65,832Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology2018DraftOIST Marine GenomicsFugacium kawagutii CS156=CCMP2468 (Symbiodinium kawagutii; clade F1)DinoflagellateCoral symbiont?1.07 Gb26,609Reef Future Genomics (ReFuGe) 2020 / University of Queensland2018DraftReFuGe 2020Fugacium kawagutii CCMP2468 (Symbiodinium kawagutii; clade F1)DinoflagellateCoral symbiont?1.18 Gb36,850University of Connecticut / Xiamen University2015DraftS. kawagutii genome projectPolarella glacialis CCMP1383DinoflagellatePsychrophile, Antarctic3.02 Gb (diploid), 1.48 Gbp (haploid)58,232University of Queensland2020DraftUQ eSpacePolarella glacialis CCMP2088DinoflagellatePsychrophile, Arctic2.65 Gb (diploid), 1.30 Gbp (haploid)51,713University of Queensland2020DraftUQ eSpaceSymbiodinium microadriaticum (clade A)DinoflagellateCoral symbiont1.1 Gb49,109King Abdullah University of Science and Technology2016DraftReef GenomicsSymbiodinium A3 strain Y106 (Symbiodinium sp. clade A3)DinoflagellatesymbiontUnknown (assembly size 0.77 Gb)69,018Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology2018DraftOIST Marine Genomics
Cryptomonad +Organism
strainTypeRelevanceGenome sizeNumber of genes
predictedOrganizationYear of completionAssembly statusLinksCryptophyceae sp. CCMP2293NanoflagellateNucleomorph, Psychrophile534.5 Mb33,051Joint Genome Institute2016JGI Genome PortalGuillardia thetaEukaryote Endosymbiosis87.2 Mb24, 840Dalhousie University2012The Greenhouse
Glaucophyte +Organism strainTypeRelevanceGenome sizeNumber of genes
predictedOrganizationYear of completionAssembly statusLinksCyanophora paradoxaModel Organism70.2 Mb3,900Rutgers University2012Draft v1The Greenhouse Cyanophora Genome ProjectCyanophora paradoxaModel Organism99.94 Mb25,831Rutgers University2019Draft v2Cyanophora Genome Project
Green algae +Organism strainTypeRelevanceGenome sizeNumber of genes
predictedOrganizationYear of completionAssembly statusLinksAsterochloris sp. Cgr/DA1phoPhotobiont55.8 Mb10,025Duke University2011JGI Genome PortalAuxenochlorella protothecoidesBiofuels22.9 Mb7,039Tsinghua University2014The GreenhouseBathycoccus prasinosComparative analysis15.1 Mb7,900Joint Genome Institute2012JGI Genome PortalChlamydomonas reinhardtii CC-503 cw92 mt+Model Organism111.1 Mb17,741Joint Genome Institute2017Phytozome The GreenhouseChlorella sorokiniana str. 1228Biofuels61.4 MbLos Alamos National Lab2018The GreenhouseChlorella sorokiniana UTEX 1230Biofuels58.5 MbLos Alamos National Lab2018The GreenhouseChlorella sorokiniana DOE1412Biofuels57.8 MbLos Alamos National Lab2018The GreenhouseChlorella variabilis NC64ABiofuels46.2 Mb9,7912010The GreenhouseChlorella vulgaris Biofuels37.3 MbNational Renewable Energy Laboratory2015The GreenhouseCoccomyxa subellipsoidea sp. C-169Biofuels48.8 Mb9839Joint Genome Institute2012Phytozome The GreenhouseDunaliella salina CCAP19/18Halophile Biofuels
Beta-carotene and glycerol production343.7 Mb16,697Joint Genome Institute2017PhytozomeEudorina sp.Multicellular alga, model organism~180 MbUniversity of Tokyo2018Gonium pectorale148.81 MbKansas State University2016Micromonas commoda NOUM17 (RCC288)Marine phytoplankton21.0 Mb10,262Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute2013JGI Genome PortalMicromonas pusilla CCMP-1545Marine phytoplankton21.9 Mb10,575Micromonas Genome
Consortium2009Phytozome The GreenhouseMicromonas pusilla
RCC299/NOUM17Marine phytoplankton20.9 Mb10,056Joint Genome Institute2009Phytozome The
GreenhouseMonoraphidium neglectumBiofuels69.7 Mb16,755Bielefeld University2013The GreenhouseOstreococcus lucimarinus
CCE9901Small genome13.2 Mb7,603Joint Genome Institute2007PhytozomeOstreococcus tauri OTH95Small genome12.9 Mb7,699CNRS2014The GreenhouseOstreococcus sp.
RCC809Small genome13.3 Mb7,492Joint Genome
Institute2009JGIPicochlorum soloecismus
DOE101Biofuels15.2 Mb7,844Los Alamos National Lab2017The GreenhousePicochlorum SENEW3Biofuels13.5 Mb7,367Rutgers University2014The GreenhouseScenedesmus obliquus DOE0152ZBiofuels210.3 MbBrooklyn College2017The GreenhouseSymbiochloris reticulata (Metagenome)Photobiont58.6 Mb12,720Joint Genome Institute2018JGI Genome PortalTetraselmis sp.Biofuels228 MbLos Alamos National Lab2018The GreenhousePedinomonas minor (Chlorophyta)55 MbNew Phytologist2022Volvox carteriMulticellular alga, model organism131.2 Mb14,247Joint Genome
Institute2010Phytozome
The
GreenhouseYamagishiella unicoccaMulticellular alga, model organism~140 MbUniversity of Tokyo2018
Haptophyte +Organism strainTypeRelevanceGenome sizeNumber of genes
predictedOrganizationYear of completionAssembly statusLinksChrysochromulina parvaBiofuels65.8 MbLos Alamos National Laboratory2018The GreenhouseChrysochromulina tobinii CCMP291Model organism, Biofuels59.1 Mb16,765University of Washington2015The GreenhouseEmiliania huxleyiCoccolithophoreAlkenone production, Algal blooms167.7 Mb38,554Joint Genome Institute2013The GreenhousePavlovales sp. CCMP2436Psychrophile165.4 Mb26,034Joint Genome Institute2016JGI Genome Portal
Heterokonts/Stramenopiles +Organism strainTypeRelevanceGenome sizeNumber of genes
predicted OrganizationYear of completionAssembly statusLinksAureococcus anophagefferensHarmful Algal Bloom50.1 Mb11,522Joint Genome Institute2011The GreenhouseEctocarpus siliculosusBrown algaeModel organism198.5 Mb16,269Genoscope2012The GreenhouseFragilariopsis cylindrus CCMP1102Psychrophile61.1 Mb21,066University of East Anglia, Joint Genome Institute 2017JGI Genome PortalNannochloropsis gaditanaBiofuels28.5 Mb10,486University of Padua2014The GreenhouseNannochloropsis oceanica Biofuels31.5 MbChinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology2016The GreenhouseNannochloropsis Salina CCMP1766Biofuels24.4 MbChinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology2016The GreenhouseOchromonadaceae sp. CCMP2298Psychrophile61.1 Mb20,195Joint Genome Institute2016JGI Genome PortalPelagophyceae sp. CCMP2097Psychrophile85.2 Mb19,402Joint Genome Institute2016JGI Genome PortalPhaeodactylum tricornutumModel organism27.5 Mb10,408Diatom Consortium2008The GreenhousePseudo-nitzschia multiseries CLN-47218.7 Mb19,703Joint Genome Institute2011JGI Genome PortalSaccharina japonicaBrown algaeCommercial crop543.4 MbChinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Institutes of Life Science2015The GreenhouseThalassiosira oceanica CCMP 1005Model organism92.2 Mb34,642The Future Ocean2012The GreenhouseThalassiosira pseudonanamodel organism32.4 Mb11,673Diatom Consortium2009The Greenhouse
Red algae (Rhodophyte)
+Organism strainTypeRelevanceGenome sizeNumber of genes
predictedOrganizationYear of completionAssembly statusLinksChondrus crispusCarrageenan production, model organism105 Mb9,606Genoscope2013The GreenhouseCyanidioschyzon
merolae 10DModel
organism16.5 Mb4,775National Institute
of Genetics, Japan2007The GreenhouseGaldieria sulphurariaExtremophile12.1 MbThe University of York2016The GreenhouseGracilariopsis chordaMesophile92.1 Mb10,806Sungkyunkwan University2018Porphyridium purpureumMesophile19.7 Mb8,355Rutgers University2013Porphyra umbilicalisMariculture87.6 Mb13,360University of Maine2017PhytozomePyropia yezoensisMariculture43.5 Mb10,327National Research Institute of Fisheries Science2013
Rhizaria +Organism
strainTypeRelevanceGenome sizeNumber of genes
predictedOrganizationYear of completionAssembly statusLinksBigelowiella natansModel organism94. Mb21,708Dalhousie University2012The Greenhouse
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