Biology:Synechocystis
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Short description: Genus of bacteria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Synechococcales |
| Family: | Merismopediaceae |
| Genus: | Synechocystis Sauvageau, 1892[1] |
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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.
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]
See also
- Synechocystis run-and-tumble
References
- ↑ "Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach". Preslia 86: 295–335. 2014. http://www.preslia.cz/P144Komarek.pdf.
- ↑ Shih, P. M.; Wu, D.; Latifi, A.; Axen, S. D.; Fewer, D. P.; Talla, E.; Calteau, A.; Cai, F. et al. (2013). "Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (3): 1053–1058. doi:10.1073/pnas.1217107110. PMID 23277585. Bibcode: 2013PNAS..110.1053S.
- ↑ 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. PMID 21972240.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q7662346 entry
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