| Entry | T00163 |
| Org code | syc |
| Name | Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301 |
| Category | Reference genome |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 269084 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Bacillati; Cyanobacteriota/Melainabacteria group; Cyanobacteriota; Cyanophyceae; Synechococcales; Synechococcaceae; Synechococcus; Synechococcus elongatus |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000010065.1 Complete Genome) BioProject: 13282 |
| Original DB | CyanoBase |
| Keywords | Photosynthesis |
| Comment | Unicellular rod-shaped cyanobacterium and inhabits freshwater. Obligate photoautotrophic organism, pigmented with chlorophylls, carotenoids and phycocyanobilin.
|
| Chromosome | Circular |
| Sequence | GB: AP008231 |
| Length | 2696255 |
| Statistics | Number of nucleotides: 2696255 Number of protein genes: 2525 Number of RNA genes: 55
|
| Created | 2004 |
| Reference | PMID: 17211581 |
| 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 | Photosynth Res 93:55-67 (2007) DOI: 10.1007/s11120-006-9122-4 |