List of sequenced protist genomes

This list of sequenced protist genomes contains all the protist species known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled, annotated and published; draft genomes are not included, nor are organelle only sequences.

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Alveolata

Alveolata are a group of protists which includes the Ciliophora, Apicomplexa and Dinoflagellata. Members of this group are of particular interest to science as the cause of serious human and livestock diseases.

Organism	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion
Babesia bovis	Apicomplexan	Cattle pathogen	8.2 Mb	3,671		2007[1]
Cryptosporidium hominis Strain:TU502	Apicomplexan	Human pathogen	10.4 Mb	3,994[2]	Virginia Commonwealth University	2004[2]
Cryptosporidium parvum C- or genotype 2 isolate	Apicomplexan	Human pathogen	16.5 Mb	3,807[3]	UCSF and University of Minnesota	2004[3]
Eimeria tenella Houghton strain	Apicomplexan	Intestinal parasite of domestic fowl	55-60 Mb[4]		The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute[5]	Available for download;[5] 2007 for Chr 1[6]
Neospora caninum	Apicomplexan	Pathogen for cattle and dogs	62 Mb[7]		The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute[8]	Available for download[8]
Paramecium tetraurelia	Ciliate	Model organism	72 Mb	39,642[9]	Genoscope	2006[9]
Plasmodium berghei Strain:Anka	Apicomplexan	Rabbit malaria	18.5 Mb[10]	4,900;[10] 11,654 (UniProt)
Plasmodium chabaudi	Apicomplexan	Rodent malaria	19.8 Mb[11]	5,000[11]
Plasmodium falciparum Clone:3D7	Apicomplexan	Human pathogen (malaria)	22.9 Mb	5,268[12]	Malaria Genome Project Consortium	2002[12]
Plasmodium knowlesi	Apicomplexan	Primate pathogen (malaria)	23.5 Mb	5,188[13]		2008[13]
Plasmodium vivax	Apicomplexan	Human pathogen (malaria)	26.8 Mb	5,433[14]		2008[14]
Plasmodium yoelii yoelii Strain:17XNL	Apicomplexan	Rodent pathogen (malaria)	23.1 Mb	5,878[15]	TIGR and NMRC	2002[15]
Tetrahymena thermophila	Ciliate	Model organism	104 Mb	27,000[16]		2006[16]
Theileria annulata Ankara clone C9	Apicomplexan	Cattle pathogen	8.3 Mb	3,792	Sanger	2005[17]
Theileria parva Strain:Muguga	Apicomplexan	Cattle pathogen (African east coast fever)	8.3 Mb	4,035[18]	TIGR and the International Livestock Research Institute	2005[18]
Toxoplasma gondii GT1, ME49, VEG strains	Apicomplexan	Mammal pathogen	63 Mb (RefSeq)	8,100 (UniProt) - 9,000 (EuPathDB)	J. Craig Venter Inst., TIGR, UPenn.	2008[19]

Amoebozoa

Amoebozoa are a group of motile amoeboid protists, members of this group move or feed by means of temporary projections, called pseudopods. The best known member of this group is the slime mold which has been studied for centuries; other members include the Archamoebae, Tubulinea and Flabellinea. Some Amoeboza cause disease.

Organism	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion
Dictyostelium discoideum Strain:AX4	Slime mold	Model organism	34 Mb	12,500[20]	Consortium from University of Cologne, Baylor College of Medicine and the Sanger Centre	2005[20]
Entamoeba histolytica HM1:IMSS	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (amoebic dysentery)	23.8 Mb	9,938[21]	TIGR, Sanger Institute and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine	2005[21]
Polysphondylium pallidum Strain:PN500	Slime mold	Model organism		12,939,[22] 12,350 (UniProt)	Leibniz Institute for Age Research	2009[22]

Chromista

The Chromista are a group of protists that contains the algal phyla Heterokontophyta (stramenopiles), Haptophyta and Cryptophyta. Members of this group are mostly studied for evolutionary interest.

Organism	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion
Albugo laibachii	Oomycete	Arabidopsis parasite, biotroph	37 Mb[23]	13,032[23]		2011[23]
Aureococcus anophagefferens Strain:CCMP1984	Pelagophyte				DOE Joint Genome Institute	2011[24]
Bigelowiella natans	Chlorarachniophyte	Model organism	nucleomorph: 0.331 Mb nuclear: 95 Mb	nucleomorph: 373[25] nuclear: >21,000[26]	nucleomorph: Hall Institute Australia, Univ. Melbourne, Univ. BC nuclear: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	2006,[25] 2012[26]
Chroomonas mesostigmatica CCMP1168	Cryptophyta					2012[27]
Cryptomonas paramecium	Cryptophyta					2010[28]
Emiliania huxleyi CCMP1516	Coccolithophore (phytoplankton)				Joint Genome Institute	Available for download[29]
Emiliania huxleyi RCC1217	Coccolithophore (phytoplankton)					Available for download[30]
Fragilariopsis cylindrus	Diatom				Joint Genome Institute	Available for download[31]
Guillardia theta	Cryptomonad	Model organism	0.551 Mb (nucleomorph genome only) 87 Mb (nuclear genome)	nucleomorph: 465[32] 513, 598 (UniProt) nuclear: >21,000[26]	nucleomorph: Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, Philipps-University Marburg and the University of British Columbia nuclear: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	2001,[32] 2012[26]
Hemiselmis andersenii CCMP7644	Cryptomonad	Model organism	0.572 Mb (nucleomorph genome only)	472,[33] 502 (UniProt)	Canadian Institute of Advanced Research	2007[33]
Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis	Oomycete	obligate biotroph, Arabidopsis pathogen			WUGSC	2010[34]
Nannochloropis gaditana Strain: CCMP526	Eustigmatophyte	Lipid-producing, biotechnology applications			Virginia Bioinformatics Institute	2012[35]
Phaeodactylum tricornutum Strain: CCAP1055/1	Diatom		27.4 Mb	10,402	Joint Genome Institute	2008[36]
Phytophthora infestans Strain:T30-4	Oomycete	Irish potato famine pathogen			Broad Institute	2009[37]
Phytophthora ramorum	Oomycete	Sudden oak death pathogen	65 Mb (7x)	15,743	Joint Genome Institute et al.	2006[38]
Phytophthora sojae	Oomycete	Soybean pathogen	95 Mb (9x)	19,027	Joint Genome Institute et al.	2006[38]
Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries	Diatom			Joint Genome Institute
Pythium ultimum	Oomycete	ubiquitous plant pathogen	42.8 Mb	15,290	Michigan State University et al.	2010[39]
Thalassiosira pseudonana Strain:CCMP 1335	Diatom		34.5 Mb	11,242[40]	Joint Genome Institute and the University of Washington	2004[40]

Excavata

Excavata is a group of related free living and symbiotic protists; it includes the Metamonada, Loukozoa, Euglenozoa and Percolozoa. They are researched for their role in human disease.

Organism	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion
Giardia intestinalis assemblage B	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (Giardiasis)	11.7 Mb	4,470[41]	multicenter collaboration	2009[41]
Giardia lamblia ATCC 50803 (Giardia intestinalis assemblage A)	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (Giardiasis)	11.7 Mb	6,470,[42] 7,153 (UniProt)	Karolinska Institutet, Marine Biological Laboratory	2007[42]
Leishmania braziliensis MHOM/BR/75M2904	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (Leishmaniasis)	33 Mb	8,314[43]	Sanger Institute, Universidade de São Paulo, Imperial College	2007[43]
Leishmania infantum JPCM5	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (Visceral leishmaniasis)	33 Mb	8,195[43]	Sanger Institute, Imperial College and University of Glasgow	2007[43]
Leishmania major Strain:Friedlin	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (Cutaneous leishmaniasis)	32.8 Mb	8,272[44]	Sanger Institute and Seattle Biomedical Research Institute	2005[44]
Naegleria gruberi	amoeboflagellate	Diverged from other eukaryotes over 1 billion years ago	41 Mb[45]	15,727[45]		2010[45]
Trichomonas vaginalis	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (Trichomoniasis)	160 Mb	59,681[46]	TIGR	2007[46]
Trypanosoma brucei Strain:TREU927/4 GUTat10.1	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (Sleeping sickness)	26 Mb	9,068[47]	Sanger Institute and TIGR	2005[47]
Trypanosoma cruzi Strain:CL Brener TC3	Parasitic protozoan	Human pathogen (Chagas disease)	34 Mb	22,570[48]	TIGR, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and Uppsala University	2005[48]

Opisthokonts, basal

Opisthokonts are a group of eukaryotes that include both animals and fungi as well as basal groups that are not classified in these groups. These basal opisthokonts are reasonably categorized as protists and include choanoflagellates, which are distantly related to sponges that are considered animals.

Organism	Type	Relevance	Genome size	Number of genes predicted	Organization	Year of completion
Monosiga brevicollis	Choanoflagellate	close relative of metazoans	41.6 Mb	9,200[49]	Joint Genome Institute	2007[49]

See also

• List of sequenced bacterial genomes
• List of sequenced animal genomes
• List of sequenced eukaryotic genomes
• List of sequenced fungi genomes
• List of sequenced plant genomes

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