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.

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