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ClassofOrganism Name Specificuses

Virus

Phagelambda: Molecularbiology

PhiX174 Firstgenomesequencedorganism,Molecularbiology

SV40 Molecularbiology

T4Phage Molecularbiology,geneexpression

TobaccoMosaicVirus Viralmolecularbiology

Herpessimplexvirus Viralmolecularbiology

Bacteria

Escherichiacoli Mostwidelyusedmodelorganisminmoleculargenetics

Bacillussubstilis Moleculargenetics

Caulobactercrescentus Studyofcellulardifferentiation

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MycoplasmagenitaliumAliivibrofischeri Aminimalorganism

Synechocystis Aphotysyntheticcyanobacteria,forthestudyofphotosynthesis

Pseudomonasfluorescence

Asoilbacteria,usedforthestudyofsoilmicrobes

Protista

Chlamydomonasreinhardtii

Greenalgae,studyphotosynthesis,flagella,motilityandcellularmetabolism

Dictysteliumdiscoideum Studyofcellcommunication,celldifferentiationandapoptosis

Tetrahymenathermophile

Freelivingfreshwaterciliate,studyofciliaandlocomotion

EmilianiahuxleyiUnicellularmarinealgae,abestmodelorganismasaphytoplankton

Thalassiosirapseudonana

Unicellularmarinediatom,modelmarinediatom

Fungus

Ashbyagossypii Cottonparasite,studyofcellcycle

Aspergillusnidulans Geneticsandbiochemistry

Cunninghamellaelegans Fungalmetabolism,Animaldrugmetabolism

NeurosporacrassaMeiosis,crossingover,linkage,metabolicregulation,circadianrhythm

Saccharomycescervisiae Molecularbiology,cytology

Schizosaccharomycespombe

Cellcycle,cellpolarity,RNAi,chromosomestructureandfunction,transcription

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Plants

ArabidopsisthalianaPlantmolecularbiology,Plantphysiology,PlantGenetics,Developmentalbiology,Populationgenetics,cytologyetc.

BoecheraEvolution,Populationgenetics,Ecologicalgenetics,Molecularecology

Selaginellamoellendorffii Evolution,Molecularbiology

Brachypodiumdistachyon Amodelgrassfortemperatecerealscrops

Setariaviridis GrasstostudyC4photosynthesis

Maize Genetics,MolecularBiology,Agronomy

NicotianaFortissueculture,planttransgenics,plantpathogenstudies

Rice Agronomyandmolecularbiology

PhyscomitrellapatensAmossusedextensivelyforthestudyofmolecularevolution

InvertebrateAnimals

CaenorhabditiselegansAnematode,geneticdevelopment,physiology,molecularbiology

Drosophilamelanogaster

Classicalgenetics,moleculargenetics,populationgenetics,developmentalbiology

Hydra Evolution,andcellularmetabolism

Vertebrateanimals

Cat(Felissylvestriscatus) Neurophysiologicalresearch

Chicken(Gallusgallusdomesticus)

Genetics,tissueengineering,overexpressionofgeneproducts

Cottonrat(Sigmodonhispidus) Forpolioresearchwww.easy

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Dog(Canislupusfamiliaris) Cardiovascularmodel,

Goldenhamster(Mesocricetusauratus) StudyofKalaazar

Guineapig(Caviaporcellus) UsedbyRobertKoch,Nownotextensivelyused

Mouse(Mousemusculus)

Theclassicalmodelvertebrate,genetics,molecularbiology,metabolomics,drugtestingetc.

Rat(Ratusnorvegicus)

Toxicologymodel,drugmetabolism,drugtesting,pharmacokineticsetc.

Rhesusmonkey(Macacamulatta)

Studyofinfectiousdiseases,diseasescausedbyviralpathogensetc.

Zebrafish(Daniorerio)

Genetics,developmentalbiology,providevisualaccesstointernalbodyorganization,specificgenefunctionscanbevisualized

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