| Bigelowiella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Chlorarachniophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorarachniales |
| Family: | Chlorarachniaceae |
| Genus: | Bigelowiella Moestrup, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Bigelowiella natans Moestrup, 2001 | |
| Species | |
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Bigelowiella is a genus of chlorarachniophyte algae, containing a secondary plastid within a reduced cytoplasmic compartment that contains a vestigial nucleomorph.
The Bigelowiella natans nuclear genome was the first to be sequenced from a rhizarian protist, containing 94.7 Mbp encoding 21,708 genes. [1]
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Bigelowiella natans is a species of Chlorarachniophyte alga that is a model organism for the Rhizaria.