Synechocystis

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Synechocystis
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Synechococcales
Family: Merismopediaceae
Genus: Synechocystis
Sauvageau, 1892 [1]

Synechocystis is a genus of unicellular, freshwater cyanobacteria in the family Merismopediaceae. It includes a strain, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, which is a well studied model organism.

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Synechocystis

Like all cyanobacteria, Synechocystis branches on the evolutionary tree from its ancestral root, Gloeobacter violaceus . [2] Synechocystis is not diazotrophic, and is closely related to another model organism, Cyanothece ATCC 51442. [3] It has been suggested that originally Synechocystis possessed the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, but lost the genes required for the process. [4] Synechocystis can detect light and move in the direction of light. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR (2014). "Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach" (PDF). Preslia. 86: 295–335.
  2. ↑ Shih, P. M.; Wu, D.; Latifi, A.; Axen, S. D.; Fewer, D. P.; Talla, E.; Calteau, A.; Cai, F.; Tandeau De Marsac, N.; Rippka, R.; Herdman, M.; Sivonen, K.; Coursin, T.; Laurent, T.; Goodwin, L.; Nolan, M.; Davenport, K. W.; Han, C. S.; Rubin, E. M.; Eisen, J. A.; Woyke, T.; Gugger, M.; Kerfeld, C. A. (2013). "Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (3): 1053–1058. Bibcode:2013PNAS..110.1053S. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1217107110 . PMC   3549136 . PMID   23277585.
  3. ↑ Bandyopadhyay, Anindita; Elvitigala, Thanura; Welsh, Eric; Stöckel, Jana; Liberton, Michelle; Min, Hongtao; Sherman, Louis A.; Pakrasi, Himadri B. (2011). "Novel Metabolic Attributes of the Genus Cyanothece, Comprising a Group of Unicellular Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacteria". mBio. 2 (5). doi:10.1128/mBio.00214-11. PMC   3187577 . PMID   21972240.
  4. ↑ Whitton, Brian A.; Potts, Malcolm (2012). "Introduction to the Cyanobacteria". Ecology of Cyanobacteria II. pp. 1–13. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-3855-3_1. ISBN   978-94-007-3854-6.
  5. ↑ Schuergers, N.; Mullineaux, C. W.; Wilde, A. (2017). "Cyanobacteria in motion". Current Opinion in Plant Biology (37): 109–115. doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2017.03.018. PMID   28472718.
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