Tracing Patterns of Chloroplast Evolution in Euglenoids: Contributions from Colacium vesiculosum and Strombomonas acuminata (Euglenophyta)

The chloroplast genomes of two photosynthetic euglenoids, C olacium vesiculosum E hrenberg (128,889 bp), and S trombomonas acuminata ( S chmarda) D eflandre (144,167 bp) have been sequenced. These chloroplast genomes in combination with those of E uglena gracilis , E utreptia viridis, and E utreptiella gymnastica provide a snapshot of euglenoid chloroplast evolution allowing comparisons of gene content, arrangement, and expansion. The gene...