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.
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 Assembly status LinksBabesia bovisApicomplexanCattle pathogen8.2 Mb3,6712007Breviolum minutim (Symbiodinium minutum; clade B1)DinoflagellateCoral symbiont1.5 Gb47,014Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology2013DraftOIST Marine GenomicsCladocopium goreaui (Symbiodinium goreaui; Clade C1)DinoflagellateCoral symbiont1.19 Gb35,913Reef Future Genomics (ReFuGe) 2020/ University of Queensland 2018DraftReFuGe 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 GenomicsCryptosporidium hominisStrain:TU502ApicomplexanHuman pathogen10.4 Mb3,994Virginia Commonwealth University2004Cryptosporidium parvumC- or genotype 2 isolateApicomplexanHuman pathogen16.5 Mb3,807UCSF and University of Minnesota2004Eimeria tenellaHoughton strainApicomplexanIntestinal parasite of domestic fowl55-60 MbgenedbThe Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteSangerAvailable for download; 2007 for Chr 1Fugacium 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 projectNeospora caninumApicomplexanPathogen for cattle and dogs62 MbgenedbThe Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteSangerAvailable for downloadParamecium tetraureliaCiliateModel organism72 Mb39,642Genoscope2006Polarella 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 eSpacePlasmodium berghei ANKAApicomplexanRabbit malaria18.5 MbEnsembl entry4,900; 11,654 (UniProt)Plasmodium chabaudiApicomplexanRodent malaria19.8 MbEnsembl entry5,000Plasmodium falciparumClone:3D7ApicomplexanHuman pathogen (malaria)22.9 Mb5,268Malaria Genome Project Consortium2002Plasmodium knowlesiApicomplexanPrimate pathogen (malaria)23.5 Mb5,1882008Plasmodium vivaxApicomplexanHuman pathogen (malaria)26.8 Mb5,4332008Plasmodium yoelii yoeliiStrain:17XNLApicomplexanRodent pathogen (malaria)23.1 Mb5,878TIGR and NMRC2002Symbiodinium 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 GenomicsTetrahymena thermophilaCiliateModel organism104 Mb27,0002006Theileria annulataAnkara clone C9ApicomplexanCattle pathogen8.3 Mb3,792Sanger2005Theileria parvaStrain:MugugaApicomplexanCattle pathogen (African east coast fever)8.3 Mb4,035TIGR and the International Livestock Research Institute2005Toxoplasma gondiiGT1, ME49, VEG strainsApicomplexanMammal pathogen63 Mb (RefSeq)8,100 (UniProt) - 9,000 (EuPathDB)J. Craig Venter Inst., TIGR, UPenn.2008NCBI Genome T. gondii ME49
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 Flabellinia. Some Amoeboza cause disease.
Organism Type Relevance Genome size Number of genes predicted Organization Year of completionDictyostelium discoideumStrain:AX4Slime moldModel organism34 Mb12,500Consortium from University of Cologne, Baylor College of Medicine and the Sanger Centre2005Entamoeba histolyticaHM1:IMSSParasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (amoebic dysentery)23.8 Mb9,938TIGR, Sanger Institute and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine2005Polysphondylium pallidumStrain:PN500Slime moldModel organism12,939,NCBI accession 12,350 (UniProt)Leibniz Institute for Age Research2009
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 completionAlbugo laibachiiOomyceteArabidopsis parasite, biotroph37 Mb13,0322011Aureococcus anophagefferensStrain:CCMP1984PelagophyteDOE Joint Genome Institute2011Bigelowiella natansChlorarachniophyteModel organismnucleomorph: 0.331 Mbnuclear: 95 Mbnucleomorph: 373nuclear: >21,000nucleomorph: Hall Institute Australia, Univ. Melbourne, Univ. BCnuclear: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada2006, 2012Chroomonas mesostigmatica CCMP1168Cryptophyta2012Cryptomonas parameciumCryptophyta2010Emiliania huxleyiCCMP1516Coccolithophore (phytoplankton)141.7 Mb30,569Joint Genome Institute2013Emiliania huxleyiRCC1217Coccolithophore (phytoplankton)Available for downloadEntryFragilariopsis cylindrusDiatom61.1 Mb21,066Joint Genome Institute2017Guillardia thetaCryptomonadModel organism0.551 Mb (nucleomorph genome only)87 Mb (nuclear genome)nucleomorph: 465 513, 598 (UniProt)nuclear: >21,000nucleomorph: Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, Philipps-University Marburg and the University of British Columbianuclear: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada2001, 2012Hemiselmis anderseniiCCMP7644CryptomonadModel organism0.572 Mb(nucleomorph genome only)472, 502 (UniProt)Canadian Institute of Advanced Research2007Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidisOomyceteobligate biotroph, Arabidopsis pathogenWUGSC2010Nannochloropis gaditanaStrain: CCMP526EustigmatophyteLipid-producing, biotechnology applicationsVirginia Bioinformatics Institute2012Phaeodactylum tricornutumStrain: CCAP1055/1Diatom27.4 Mb10,402Joint Genome Institute2008Phytophthora infestansStrain:T30-4OomyceteGreat Famine of Ireland pathogenBroad Institute2009Phytophthora ramorumOomyceteSudden oak death pathogen65 Mb (7x)15,743Joint Genome Institute et al.2006Phytophthora sojaeOomyceteSoybean pathogen95 Mb (9x)19,027Joint Genome Institute et al.2006Pseudo-nitzschia multiseriesDiatomJoint Genome InstitutePlasmodiophora brassicaePlasmodiophoridClubroot disease pathogen25.5 Mb 9,730SLU Uppsala et al.2015Pythium ultimumOomyceteubiquitous plant pathogen42.8 Mb15,290Michigan State University et al.2010Thalassiosira pseudonanaStrain:CCMP 1335Diatom34.5 Mb11,242Joint Genome Institute and the University of Washington2004
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 completionGiardia enterica (G. duodenalis assemblage B)Parasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (Giardiasis)11.7 Mb4,470multicenter collaboration2009Giardia duodenalisATCC 50803(Giardia duodenalis assemblage A)Parasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (Giardiasis)11.7 Mb6,470, 7,153 (UniProt)Karolinska Institutet, Marine Biological Laboratory2007Leishmania braziliensis MHOM/BR/75M2904Parasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (Leishmaniasis)33 Mb8,314Sanger Institute, Universidade de São Paulo, Imperial College2007Leishmania infantum JPCM5Parasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (Visceral leishmaniasis)33 Mb8,195Sanger Institute, Imperial College and University of Glasgow2007Leishmania majorStrain:FriedlinParasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (Cutaneous leishmaniasis)32.8 Mb8,272Sanger Institute and Seattle Biomedical Research Institute2005Naegleria gruberiamoeboflagellateDiverged from other eukaryotes over 1 billion years ago41 Mb15,7272010Trichomonas vaginalisParasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (Trichomoniasis)160 Mb59,681TIGR2007Trypanosoma bruceiStrain:TREU927/4 GUTat10.1Parasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (Sleeping sickness)26 Mb9,068Sanger Institute and TIGR2005Trypanosoma cruziStrain:CL Brener TC3Parasitic protozoanHuman pathogen (Chagas disease)34 Mb22,570TIGR, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and Uppsala University2005
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 the sister or near-sister group of animals.
Organism Type Relevance Genome size Number of genes predicted Organization Year of completionMonosiga brevicollisChoanoflagellateclose relative of metazoans41.6 Mb9,200Joint Genome Institute2007
See also Lists of sequenced genomes List of sequenced bacterial genomes List of sequenced archaeal genomes List of sequenced eukaryotic genomes Lists of sequenced mitochondrial genomes List of sequenced plastomes List of sequenced animal genomes List of sequenced animal mitochondrial genomes List of sequenced fungi genomes List of sequenced fungi mitochondrial genomes List of sequenced plant genomes List of sequenced plant mitochondrial genomes List of sequenced algae genomes
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