Chlamydomonas

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Chlamydomonas is a genus of green alga. They are unicellular flagellates. Chlamydomonas is used as a model organism for molecular biology, especially studies of flagellar motility and chloroplast dynamics, biogenesis, and genetics.

Common species:

• Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
• Chlamydomonas moewusii