The current online issue of Nature (14th June, 2013) publishes an article entitled “Pan Genome of the phytoplankton, Emilianahuxleyi, underpins its global distribution.” These phytoplankton account for 20% of the total carbon fixation in some system. Coccolithophores have influenced the global climate over 200 million years. They form blooms that can occupy thousands of Km and are distinguished by their elegantly sculped calcium carbonate exoskeleton

Coccolithophores