Bacteria Genomes - THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS

Thermosynechococcus elongatus is one of the model organisms used for investigating photosynthesis

Thermosynechococcus elongatus has long been used as a model organism for investigating photosynthesis. It is a thermophilic unicellular rod shaped cyanobacterium, the organism lives in hot springs and has an optimum growth temperature of 55C. The sequenced strain was isolated from Beppu hot spring in Japan.

Cyanobacteria is a general term for bacteria capable of oxygenic photosyntheses, which comprises over 1500 species.

Hierarchy Description:

Genus: Thermosynechococcus
Species: elongatus
Strain: BP-1
Genome accession number: BA000039 [(AP005369-AP005377]
EMBL reference Medline reference
Taxonomy: 197221

References:

DNA Res 2002, 9 (4):123-30
http://bioresearch.ac.uk/browse/mesh/detail/C0872179L1713420.html
http://genomenewsnetwork.org/sequenced_genomes/genome_guide_p4.shtml#thermosy