A plastome is the genome of a plastid, a type of organelle found in plants and in a variety of protoctists. The number of known plastid genome sequences grew rapidly in the first decade of the twenty-first century. For example, 25 chloroplast genomes were sequenced for one molecular phylogenetic study. [1]
The flowering plants are especially well represented in complete chloroplast genomes. As of January, 2017, all of their orders are represented except Commelinales, Picramniales, Huerteales, Escalloniales, Bruniales, and Paracryphiales.
A compilation of most complete plastid genomes is maintained by the NCBI in a public repository. [2]
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference | Notes |
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Aneura mirabilis | 108,007 | [3] [4] | parasitic liverwort; plastome contains many pseudogenes | ||
Anthoceros formosae | 161,162 | 122 | [5] | hornwort; extensive RNA editing of plastome | |
Marchantia polymorpha | 121,024 | [6] | liverwort | ||
Nothoceros aenigmaticus | 153,208 | 124 | [7] | hornwort | |
Pellia endiviifolia | 120,546 | 123 | [8] | liverwort | |
Physcomitrella patens | 122,890 | 118 | [9] | moss | |
Ptilidium pulcherrimum | 119,007 | 122 | [10] | liverwort | |
Tortula ruralis | 122,630 | [11] | moss |
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference | Family | Notes |
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Adiantum capillus-veneris | 150,568 | [12] | Pteridaceae | |||
Alsophila spinulosa | 156,661 | 117 | [13] | Cyatheaceae | ||
Angiopteris evecta | 153,901 | [14] | Marattiaceae | |||
Equisetum arvense | 133,309 | Equisetaceae | ||||
Huperzia lucidula | 154,373 | [15] | Lycopodiaceae | |||
Isoetes flaccida | 145,303 | Isoetaceae | ||||
Psilotum nudum | 138,829 | 117 | [16] | Psilotaceae | ||
Selaginella uncinata | 138,829 | [17] | Selaginellaceae |
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference | Family | Notes |
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Equisetum hyemale | Equisetaceae | |||||
Lygodium japonicum | Lygodiaceae | |||||
Marsilea crenata | Marsileaceae | |||||
Ophioglossum californicum | Ophioglossaceae | |||||
Selaginella moellendorffii | Selaginellaceae |
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference | Family | Notes |
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Cryptomeria japonica | 131,810 | 114 | [18] | Cupressaceae | ||
Cycas micronesica | [19] | Cycadaceae | ||||
Cycas taitungensis | 163,403 | 133 | [20] | Cycadaceae | ||
Ephedra equisetina | Ephedraceae | |||||
Ginkgo biloba | 156,945 | 134 | [21] | Ginkgoaceae | ||
Gnetum parvifolium | Gnetaceae | |||||
Picea engelmannii | Se404-851 | 123,542 | 114 | [22] | Pinaceae | |
Picea glauca | PG29 | 123,266 | 114 | [23] | Pinaceae | |
Picea glauca | WS77111 | 123,421 | 114 | [24] | Pinaceae | |
Picea sitchensis | Q903 | 124,049 | 114 | [25] | Pinaceae | |
Pinus koraiensis | 116,866 | Pinaceae | ||||
Pinus thunbergii | 119,707 | [26] | Pinaceae | |||
Podocarpus macrophyllus | Podocarpaceae | |||||
Welwitschia mirabilis | 119,726 | 101 | [27] | Welwitschiaceae |
This sortable table is expected to compile complete plastid genomes representing the largest range of sizes, number of genes, and angiosperm families.
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference |
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Bryopsis plumosa | 106,859 | 115 | [100] | |
Chaetosphaeridium globosum | 131,183 | 124 | [101] | |
Chara vulgaris | ||||
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | 203,395 | 99 | ||
Chlorella vulgaris | 150,613 | 209 | [102] | |
Chlorokybus atmophyticus | 201,763 | 70 | [103] | |
Dunaliella salina | CCAP 19/18 | 269,044 | 102 | [104] |
Emiliania huxleyi | 105,309 | 150 | ||
Helicosporidium | 37,454 | 54 | [105] | |
Leptosira terrestris | 195,081 | 117 | [106] | |
Mesostigma viride | 42,424 | |||
Monomastix | 114,528 | 94 | [107] | |
Nephroselmis olivacea | 200,799 | 127 | [108] | |
Oedogonium cardiacum | 196,547 | 103 | [109] | |
Oltmannsiellopsis viridis | 151,933 | 105 | [110] | |
Ostreococcus tauri | 71,666 | 86 | [111] | |
Pseudendoclonium akinetum | 195,867 | 105 | [112] | |
Pycnococcus provasolii | 80,211 | 98 | [107] | |
Pyramimonas parkeae | 101,605 | 110 | [107] | |
Scenedesmus obliquus | 161,452 | 96 | [113] | |
Staurastrum punctulatum | [114] | |||
Stigeoclonium helveticum | 223,902 | 97 | [115] | |
Tydemania expeditionis | 105,200 | 125 | [100] | |
Ulva sp. | UNA00071828 | 99,983 | 102 | [116] |
Volvox carteri | 420,650 | 91 | [117] | |
Zygnema circumcarinatum |
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference | Year | Taxon | Notes |
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Ahnfeltia plicata | 190,451 | 205 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | Ahnfeltiales | ||
Apophlaea sinclairii | 182,437 | 189 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | Hildenbrandiales | ||
Asparagopsis taxiformis | 177,091 | 203 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Bangiopsis subsimplex | 204,784 | 194 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Calliarthron tuberculosum | 178,981 | 238 | [119] | 2013 | |||
Ceramium japonicum | 171,634 | 199 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Chondrus crispus | 180,086 | 240 | [119] | 2013 | Gigartinales | ||
Cyanidioschyzon merolae | 10D | 149,987 | 243 | [120] | 2003 | ||
Cyanidium caldarium | RK1 | 164,921 | 230 | [121] | 2000 | ||
Erythrotrichia carnea | 210,691 | 191 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Galdieria sulphuraria | 074W | 167,741 | 233 | [122] | 2015 | ||
Gelidium elegans | 174,748 | 234 | [123] | 2016 | |||
Gelidium sinicola | UC276620 | 177,095 | 232 | [124] | 2019 | May be synonymous with G. coulteri | |
Gelidium vagum | 179,853 | 234 | [123] | 2016 | |||
Gracilaria changii | 183,855 | 231 | [125] | 2018 | Gracilariales | ||
Gracilaria chorda | 182,459 | 201 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | Gracilariales | ||
Gracilaria salicornia | 179,757 | 235 | [126] | 2014 | Gracilariales | ||
Gracilaria tenuistipitata | var. liui | 183,883 | 238 | [127] | 2004 | Gracilariales | |
Gracilaria vermiculophylla | 180,254 | 239 | unpublished | Gracilariales | |||
Grateloupia filicina | 195,990 | 265 | unpublished | ||||
Grateloupia taiwanensis | 191,270 | 266 | [128] | 2013 | |||
Hildenbrandia rivularis | 189,725 | 184 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Hildenbrandia rubra | 180,141 | 190 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Kumanoa americana | 184,025 | 234 | [129] | 2018 | |||
Palmaria palmata | 192,960 | 245 | [129] | 2018 | |||
Plocamium cartilagineum | 171,392 | 197 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Porphyra pulchra | 194,175 | 251 | [123] | 2016 | Bangiales | ||
Porphyra purpurea | 191,028 | 253 | [130] | 1993 | Bangiales | ||
Porphyra umbilicalis | 190,173 | 250 | [131] | 2017 | Bangiales | ||
Porphyridium purpureum | NIES 2140 | 217,694 | 260 | [132] | 2014 | ||
Porphyridium sordidum | 259,429 | 227 | [118] | 2016 | |||
Pyropia fucicola | 187,282 | [133] | 2015 | Partial genome | |||
Pyropia haitanensis | PH 38 | 195,597 | 254 | [134] | 2013 | ||
Pyropia kanakaensis | 189,931 | [133] | 2015 | Partial genome | |||
Pyropia perforata | 189,789 | 247 | [133] | 2015 | |||
Pyropia yezoensis | 191,952 | 264 | [134] | 2013 | |||
Rhodochaete parvula | 221,665 | 195 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Rhodymenia pseudopalmata | 194,153 | 201 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Riquetophycus sp. | 180,384 | 202 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Schimmelmannia schousboei | 181,030 | 202 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Schizymenia dubyi | 183,959 | 204 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Sebdenia flabellata | 192,140 | 205 (coding) | [118] | 2016 | |||
Sporolithon durum | 191,464 | 239 | [123] | 2016 | |||
Thorea hispida | 175,193 | 228 | [129] | 2018 | |||
Vertebrata lanosa | 167,158 | 192 | [135] | 2015 | Also assigned to genus Polysiphonia |
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference |
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Cyanophora paradoxa | [136] |
Meta-algae are organisms with photosynthetic organelles of secondary or tertiary endosymbiotic origin, and their close non-photosynthetic, plastid-bearing, relatives. Apicomplexans are a secondarily non-photosynthetic group of chromalveoates which retain a reduced plastid organelle.
Dinoflagellate plastid genomes are not organised into a single circular DNA molecule like other plastid genomes, but into an array of mini-circles.
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference | Notes |
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Chromera velia | |||||
Chroomonas mesostigmatica | CCMP1168 | 139,403 | 189 | [137] | |
Chroomonas placoidea | CCAP978/8 | 139,432 | 186 | [137] | Contains 3 annotated pseudogenes |
Cryptomonas curvata | CNUKR | 128,285 | 182 | [137] | |
Cryptomonas paramecium | CCAP977/2a | 77,717 | 115 | [138] | |
Emiliania huxleyi | CCMP 373 | 105,309 | 154 | [139] | |
Guillardia theta | 121,524 | 167 | [140] | ||
Heterosigma akashiwo | NIES 293 | 159,370 | 198 | [141] | |
Odontella sinensis | 119,704 | 175 | [142] | ||
Phaeodactylum tricornutum | 117,369 | 170 | [143] | ||
Rhodomonas salina | CCMP1319 | 135,854 | 183 | [144] | |
Storeatula sp. | CCMP1868 | 140,953 | 187 | [137] | |
Teleaulax amphioxeia | HACCP-CR01 | 129,772 | 179 | [145] | |
Thalassiosira pseudonana | 128,814 | 180 | [143] |
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bigelowiella natans | 69,166 | 98 | [146] | |
Gymnochlora stellata | CCMP2053 | 67,451 | 97 | [147] |
Lotharella oceanica | CCMP622 | 70,997 | 94 | [148] |
Lotharella vacuolata | CCMP240 | 71,557 | 95 | [147] |
Partenskyella glossopodia | RCC365 | 72,620 | 99 | [147] |
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Astasia longa | 73.2kb | 84 | ||
Euglena gracilis | 143.2kb | 128 | [149] |
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference |
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Chromera velia | ||||
Eimeria tenella | Penn State | 34.8kb | 65 | [150] |
Plasmodium falciparum | 34.7kb | 68 | ||
Theileria parva | Mugaga | 39.6kb | 71 | |
Toxoplasma gondii | RH | 35.0kb | 65 |
In some photosynthetic organisms that ability was acquired via symbiosis with a unicellular green alga (chlorophyte) or red alga (rhodophyte). In some such cases not only does the chloroplast of the former unicellular alga retain its own genome, but a remnant of the alga is also retained. When this retains a nucleus and a nuclear genome it is termed a nucleomorph.
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference |
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Amorphochlora amoebiformis | 373,958 | 340 | [151] | |
Bigelowiella natans | CCMP 621 | 442,036 | 426 (344 protein coding) | [152] [153] |
Chroomonas mesostigmatica | CCMP1168 | 702,852 | 581 (505 protein coding) | [154] |
Cryptomonas paramecium | 487,066 | 519 (466 protein coding) | [155] | |
Guillardia theta | 672,788 | 743 (632 protein coding) | [156] | |
Hemiselmis andersenii | 571,872 | 525 (471 protein coding) | [157] | |
Lotharella oceanica | 612,592 | 654 (608 protein coding) | [158] | |
Lotharella vacuolata | 431,876 | 359 | [151] |
The unicellular eukaryote Paulinella chromatophora possesses an organelle (the cyanelle) which represents an independent case of the acquisition of photosynthesis by cyanobacterial endosymbiosis. (Note: the term cyanelle is also applied to the plastids of glaucophytes.)
Species | Variety | Size (bp) | Genes | Reference |
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Paulinella chromatophora | 1.02Mb | 867 | [159] |