Table 5

Group I introns at identical gene locations in Oltmannsiellopsis cpDNA, other green algal cpDNAs and land plant cpDNAs

Oltmannsiellopsis intron
Homologous Intron



Green planta/Intron numberb
Accession number

Ov.psbA.1
Pseudendoclonium akinetum i5 (U)
[GenBank:AY835431]

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii i3 (C)
[GenBank:NC_005353]



Ov.rrl.1
Chlamydomonas geitleri (C)
[GenBank:L43353]

Dunaliella parva i2 (C)
[GenBank:L43540]

Haematococcus lacustris i3 (C)
[GenBank:L49151]

Chlamydomonas callosa i3 (C)
[GenBank:L43501]

Chlamydomonas komma i2 (C)
[GenBank:L43502]

Chlamydomonas mexicana i1 (C)
[GenBank:L49148]

Chlamydomonas frankii i2 (C)
[GenBank:L43352]

Chlamydomonas pallidostigmatica i2 (C)
[GenBank:L43503]

Neochloris aquatica i2 (C)
[GenBank:L49155]

Chlorosarcina brevispinosa i2 (C)
[GenBank:L49150]

Pedinomonas tuberculata i1 (?)
[GenBank:L43541]

Monomastix species M722 i1 (P)
[GenBank:L44124]

Monomastix species OKE-1 i1 (P)
[GenBank:L49154]

Pterosperma cristatum (P)
[GenBank:L43359]



Ov.rrl.2
Chlamydomonas monadina i3 (C)
[GenBank:L49149]

Chlamydomonas humicola (C)
[GenBank:L42989]

Dunaliella parva i4 (C)
[GenBank:L43540]

Chlamydomonas zebra (C)
[GenBank:L43356]

Chlamydomonas starrii (C)
[GenBank:L43504]

Chlamydomonas frankii i4 (C)
[GenBank:L43352|

Neochloris aquatica i3 (C)
[GenBank:L49155]

Ankistrodesmus stipitatus i2 (C)
[GenBank:L42984]

Stigeoclonium helveticum i4 (C)
[GenBank:L49157]

Trebouxia aggregata i2 (T)
[GenBank:L43542]

Trichosarcina mucosa i1 (U)
[GenBank:AY008341]

Pedinomonas tuberculata i3 (?)
[GenBank:L43541]

Monomastix species OKE-1 i3 (P)
[GenBank:L49154]



Ov.rrl.3
Chlamydomonas agloeformis (C)
[GenBank:L43351]

Chlamydomonas callosa i4 (C)
[GenBank:L43501]

Chlamydomonas iyengarii (C)
[GenBank:L43354]

Chlamydomonas mexicana i2 (C)
[GenBank:L49148]

Chlamydomonas nivalis (C)
[GenBank:L42990]

Chlamydomonas peterfii (C)
[GenBank:L43538]

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (C)
[GenBank:NC_005353]

Carteria lunzensis (C)
[GenBank:L42986]

Carteria olivieri (C)
[GenBank:L43500]

Haematococcus lacustris i4 (C)
[GenBank:L49151]

Pediastrum biradiatum (C)
[GenBank:L49156]

Neochloris aquatica i4 (C)
[GenBank:L49155]

Scenedesmus obliquus (C)
[GenBank:L43360]

Pseudendoclonium akinetum (U)
[GenBank:AY835431]

Trichosarcina mucosa i2 (U)
[GenBank:AY008341]

Chlorella vulgaris (T)
[GenBank:NC_001865]

Monomastix species M722 i3 (P)
[GenBank:L44124]

Monomastix species OKE-1 i4 (P)
[GenBank:L49154]

Scherffelia dubia (P)
[GenBank:L44126]

Anthoceros punctatus (E)
[GenBank:AF393576]

Anthoceros formosae (E)
[GenBank:AB086179]

a The letter in parentheses indicates the specific chlorophyte/streptophyte lineage comprising the green algal/plant indicated. P, Prasinophyceae; U, Ulvophyceae; T, Trebouxiophyceae; C, Chlorophyceae; E, Embryophyta; and ?, uncertain affiliation within the Chlorophyta.

b The intron number is given when more than one intron is present.

Pombert et al. BMC Biology 2006 4:3   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-4-3