List of sequenced protist genomes
This list of sequenced protist genomes contains all the protist species known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled, annotated and published; draft genomes aren't included, nor are organelle only sequences.
Alveolata
are a group of protists which includes the Ciliophora, Apicomplexa andDinoflagellata. Members of this group are of particular interest to science as the cause of serious human and livestock diseases.
| Organism | Type | Relevance | Genome size | Number of genes predicted | Organization | Year of completion | Assembly Status | Links | - |
| Babesia bovis | Apicomplexan | Cattle pathogen | 8.2 Mb | 3,671 | 2007 | - | |||
| Breviolum minutim | Dinoflagellate | Coral symbiont | 1.5 Gb | 47,014 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology | 2013 | Draft | OIST Marine Genomics | - |
| Cladocopium goreaui | Dinoflagellate | Coral symbiont | 1.19 Gb | 35,913 | Reef Future Genomics 2020/ University of Queensland | 2018 | Draft | ReFuGe 2020 | - |
| Cladocopium C92 strain Y103 | Dinoflagellate | Foraminiferan symbiont | Unknown | 65,832 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology | 2018 | Draft | OIST Marine Genomics | - |
| Cryptosporidium hominis Strain:TU502 | Apicomplexan | Human pathogen | 10.4 Mb | 3,994 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 2004 | - | ||
| Cryptosporidium parvum C- or genotype 2 isolate | Apicomplexan | Human pathogen | 16.5 Mb | 3,807 | UCSF and University of Minnesota | 2004 | - | ||
| Eimeria tenella Houghton strain | Apicomplexan | Intestinal parasite of domestic fowl | 55-60 Mb | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | Available for download; 2007 for Chr 1 | - | |||
| Fugacium kawagutii CS156=CCMP2468 | Dinoflagellate | Coral symbiont? | 1.07 Gb | 26,609 | Reef Future Genomics 2020 / University of Queensland | 2018 | Draft | ReFuGe 2020 | - |
| Fugacium kawagutii CCMP2468 | Dinoflagellate | Coral symbiont? | 1.18 Gb | 36,850 | University of Connecticut / Xiamen University | 2015 | Draft | S. kawagutii genome project | - |
| Neospora caninum | Apicomplexan | Pathogen for cattle and dogs | 62 Mb | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | Available for download | - | |||
| Paramecium tetraurelia | Ciliate | Model organism | 72 Mb | 39,642 | Genoscope | 2006 | - | ||
| Polarella glacialis CCMP1383 | Dinoflagellate | Psychrophile, Antarctic | 3.02 Gb, 1.48 Gbp | 58,232 | University of Queensland | 2020 | Draft | UQ eSpace | - |
| Polarella glacialis CCMP2088 | Dinoflagellate | Psychrophile, Arctic | 2.65 Gb, 1.30 Gbp | 51,713 | University of Queensland | 2020 | Draft | UQ eSpace | - |
| Plasmodium berghei Strain:Anka | Apicomplexan | Rabbit malaria | 18.5 Mb | 4,900; 11,654 | - | ||||
| Plasmodium chabaudi | Apicomplexan | Rodent malaria | 19.8 Mb | 5,000 | - | ||||
| Plasmodium falciparum Clone:3D7 | Apicomplexan | Human pathogen | 22.9 Mb | 5,268 | Malaria Genome Project Consortium | 2002 | - | ||
| Plasmodium knowlesi | Apicomplexan | Primate pathogen | 23.5 Mb | 5,188 | 2008 | - | |||
| Plasmodium vivax | Apicomplexan | Human pathogen | 26.8 Mb | 5,433 | 2008 | - | |||
| Plasmodium yoelii yoelii Strain:17XNL | Apicomplexan | Rodent pathogen | 23.1 Mb | 5,878 | TIGR and NMRC | 2002 | - | ||
| Symbiodinium microadriaticum | Dinoflagellate | Coral symbiont | 1.1 Gb | 49,109 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | 2016 | Draft | Reef Genomics | |
| Symbiodinium A3 strain Y106 | Dinoflagellate | symbiont | Unknown | 69,018 | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology | 2018 | Draft | OIST Marine Genomics | - |
| Tetrahymena thermophila | Ciliate | Model organism | 104 Mb | 27,000 | 2006 | - | |||
| Theileria annulata Ankara clone C9 | Apicomplexan | Cattle pathogen | 8.3 Mb | 3,792 | Sanger | 2005 | - | ||
| Theileria parva Strain:Muguga | Apicomplexan | Cattle pathogen | 8.3 Mb | 4,035 | TIGR and the International Livestock Research Institute | 2005 | - | ||
| Toxoplasma gondii GT1, ME49, VEG strains | Apicomplexan | Mammal pathogen | 63 Mb | 8,100 - 9,000 | J. Craig Venter Inst., TIGR, UPenn. | 2008 | - |
Amoebozoa
are a group of motile amoeboid protists, members of this group move or feed by means of temporary projections, called pseudopods. The best known member of this group is the slime mold which has been studied for centuries; other members include the Archamoebae, Tubulinea and Flabellinea. Some Amoeboza cause disease.| Organism | Type | Relevance | Genome size | Number of genes predicted | Organization | Year of completion |
| Dictyostelium discoideum Strain:AX4 | Slime mold | Model organism | 34 Mb | 12,500 | Consortium from University of Cologne, Baylor College of Medicine and the Sanger Centre | 2005 |
| Entamoeba histolytica HM1:IMSS | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 23.8 Mb | 9,938 | TIGR, Sanger Institute and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | 2005 |
| Polysphondylium pallidum Strain:PN500 | Slime mold | Model organism | 12,939, 12,350 | Leibniz Institute for Age Research | 2009 |
Chromista
The Chromista are a group of protists that contains the algal phyla Heterokontophyta, Haptophyta and Cryptophyta. Members of this group are mostly studied for evolutionary interest.| Organism | Type | Relevance | Genome size | Number of genes predicted | Organization | Year of completion |
| Albugo laibachii | Oomycete | Arabidopsis parasite, biotroph | 37 Mb | 13,032 | 2011 | |
| Aureococcus anophagefferens Strain:CCMP1984 | Pelagophyte | DOE Joint Genome Institute | 2011 | |||
| Bigelowiella natans | Chlorarachniophyte | Model organism | nucleomorph: 0.331 Mb nuclear: 95 Mb | nucleomorph: 373 nuclear: >21,000 | nucleomorph: Hall Institute Australia, Univ. Melbourne, Univ. BC nuclear: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 2006, 2012 |
| Chroomonas mesostigmatica CCMP1168 | Cryptophyta | 2012 | ||||
| Cryptomonas paramecium | Cryptophyta | 2010 | ||||
| Emiliania huxleyi CCMP1516 | Coccolithophore | 141.7 Mb | 30,569 | Joint Genome Institute | 2013 | |
| Emiliania huxleyi RCC1217 | Coccolithophore | Available for download | ||||
| Fragilariopsis cylindrus | Diatom | 61.1 Mb | 21,066 | Joint Genome Institute | 2017 | |
| Guillardia theta | Cryptomonad | Model organism | 0.551 Mb 87 Mb | nucleomorph: 465 513, 598 nuclear: >21,000 | nucleomorph: Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, Philipps-University Marburg and the University of British Columbia nuclear: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 2001, 2012 |
| Hemiselmis andersenii CCMP7644 | Cryptomonad | Model organism | 0.572 Mb | 472, 502 | Canadian Institute of Advanced Research | 2007 |
| Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis | Oomycete | obligate biotroph, Arabidopsis pathogen | WUGSC | 2010 | ||
| Nannochloropis gaditana Strain: CCMP526 | Eustigmatophyte | Lipid-producing, biotechnology applications | Virginia Bioinformatics Institute | 2012 | ||
| Phaeodactylum tricornutum Strain: CCAP1055/1 | Diatom | 27.4 Mb | 10,402 | Joint Genome Institute | 2008 | |
| Phytophthora infestans Strain:T30-4 | Oomycete | Irish potato famine pathogen | Broad Institute | 2009 | ||
| Phytophthora ramorum | Oomycete | Sudden oak death pathogen | 65 Mb | 15,743 | Joint Genome Institute et al. | 2006 |
| Phytophthora sojae | Oomycete | Soybean pathogen | 95 Mb | 19,027 | Joint Genome Institute et al. | 2006 |
| Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries | Diatom | Joint Genome Institute | - | |||
| Plasmodiophora brassicae | Plasmodiophorid | Clubroot disease pathogen | 25.5 Mb | 9,730 | SLU Uppsala et al. | 2015 |
| Pythium ultimum | Oomycete | ubiquitous plant pathogen | 42.8 Mb | 15,290 | Michigan State University et al. | 2010 |
| Thalassiosira pseudonana Strain:CCMP 1335 | Diatom | 34.5 Mb | 11,242 | Joint Genome Institute and the University of Washington | 2004 |
Excavata
is a group of related free living and symbiotic protists; it includes the Metamonada, Loukozoa, Euglenozoa and Percolozoa. They are researched for their role in human disease.| Organism | Type | Relevance | Genome size | Number of genes predicted | Organization | Year of completion |
| Giardia enterica | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 11.7 Mb | 4,470 | multicenter collaboration | 2009 |
| Giardia duodenalis ATCC 50803 | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 11.7 Mb | 6,470, 7,153 | Karolinska Institutet, Marine Biological Laboratory | 2007 |
| Leishmania braziliensis MHOM/BR/75M2904 | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 33 Mb | 8,314 | Sanger Institute, Universidade de São Paulo, Imperial College | 2007 |
| Leishmania infantum JPCM5 | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 33 Mb | 8,195 | Sanger Institute, Imperial College and University of Glasgow | 2007 |
| Leishmania major Strain:Friedlin | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 32.8 Mb | 8,272 | Sanger Institute and Seattle Biomedical Research Institute | 2005 |
| Naegleria gruberi | amoeboflagellate | Diverged from other eukaryotes over 1 billion years ago | 41 Mb | 15,727 | 2010 | |
| Trichomonas vaginalis | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 160 Mb | 59,681 | TIGR | 2007 |
| Trypanosoma brucei Strain:TREU927/4 GUTat10.1 | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 26 Mb | 9,068 | Sanger Institute and TIGR | 2005 |
| Trypanosoma cruzi Strain:CL Brener TC3 | Parasitic protozoan | Human pathogen | 34 Mb | 22,570 | TIGR, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute and Uppsala University | 2005 |
Opisthokonts, basal
are a group of eukaryotes that include both animals and fungi as well as basal groups that are not classified in these groups. These basal opisthokonts are reasonably categorized as protists and include choanoflagellates, which are the sister or near-sister group of animals.| Organism | Type | Relevance | Genome size | Number of genes predicted | Organization | Year of completion |
| Monosiga brevicollis | Choanoflagellate | close relative of metazoans | 41.6 Mb | 9,200 | Joint Genome Institute | 2007 |