Entry
Org code
syc
Name
Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301
Category
Reference genome
Annotation
yesShow organism
Taxonomy
Lineage
Bacteria; Bacillati; Cyanobacteriota; Cyanophyceae; Synechococcales; Synechococcaceae; Synechococcus; Synechococcus elongatus
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Org group
Bacteria; Cyanobacteriota; Synechococcales
Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601 ]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610 ]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611 ]
Data source
Original DB
CyanoBase
Keywords
Photosynthesis
Comment
Unicellular rod-shaped cyanobacterium and inhabits freshwater.
Obligate photoautotrophic organism, pigmented with chlorophylls, carotenoids and phycocyanobilin.
Chromosome
Statistics
Number of protein genes: 2525
Number of RNA genes: 55
Created
2004
Reference
Authors
Sugita C, Ogata K, Shikata M, Jikuya H, Takano J, Furumichi M, Kanehisa M, Omata T, Sugiura M, Sugita M.
Title
Complete nucleotide sequence of the freshwater unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301 chromosome: gene content and organization.
Journal
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