Tags: Green Alga.
Ostreococcus tauri is a unicellular species of marine green alga about 0.8 micrometres (μm) in diameter the smallest free-living (non-symbiotic) eukaryote yet described. It has a very simple ultrastructure and a compact genome.As a common member of global oceanic picoplankton populations this organism has a major role in the carbon cycle in many areas. Recently O.