Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a diatom. It is the only species in the genus Phaeodactylum.

Gene Sequencing
Phaeodactylum tricornutum is one of two diatoms to have its genome sequenced (the other being Thalassiosira pseudonana). Over 30000 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) have been organized into the Diatom EST Database.

Distribution
Phaeodactylum ranges from France and Germany in Europe to Novia Scotia in North America.