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Table 9.3 Summary of globin distribution in protist genomes
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cont'd
Number of
genomes
Globin subfamilies
found
Taxon
Comments
Heterolobosea
1
SSDgb
Jakobida
0
?
Katablepharidophyta
0
?
Malawimonadidae
0
?
Opisthokonta
Choanoflagellida
2
SDgbs and FHb
Monosiga brevicollis
has one FHb
Opisthokonta incertae sedis
Ichtyosporea
2
SDgbs
Capsaspora
owczarzaki
has
chimeras with two
SDgb domains
Oxymonadida
0
?
Parabasalia
1
No globins
Rhizaria
11
Acantharea
2
No globins
Cercozoa
2
TrHb2s in both
genomes
Foraminifera
5
No globins
TrHb1s in
Globobulimina
Polycystinea
2
No globins
Chondrus crispus
has only TrHb2s
Rhodophyta
(red algae)
4
SDgb and TrHb2
Stramenopiles
25
Bacillariophyta
(diatoms)
4
SDgb, FHb, TrHb1s
and TrHb2s
Bicosoecida
0
?
Blastocystis
1
No globins
Dictyochophyceae
(silicoflagellates)
0
?
Eustigmatophyceae
2
SDgb and FHb
Continued
