Bathycoccus prasinos

Bathycoccus prasinos is a picoplankton belonging to the order Mamiellales, along with Ostreococcus and Micromonas. The cells are around 1–2 μm in length, are non-motile and are covered in scales.

Bathycoccus prasinos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Mamiellophyceae
Order:	Mamiellales
Family:	Bathycoccaceae
Genus:	Bathycoccus
Species:	B. prasinos
Binomial name
Bathycoccus prasinos Eikrem & Throndsen

Genome

The small genome (15 Mb) was recently sequenced ^[1] and many of the genes are related to plants, though there is significant horizontal gene transfer from other eukaryotes. There are 19 chromosomes, two of which have a significantly different GC-content.