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Cyanobium gracile PCC 7001

PCC 7001 is a strain of Cyanobium gracile isolated from intertidal mud at City Island, New York and maintained by the Pasteur Culture Collection.  This organism is part of Cluster 5 (See Bergey's Manual), and was formerly identified as Synechococcus and Anacystis marina, though it is now known to be part of a distinct group.  Cells occur singly and are non-motile. 

This organism pccupoes a unique position in the evolution of Synechoccus type cyanobacteria, occuring phylogneetically between obligately freshwater and marine strains.  PCC 7001 is a marine strain, although it also can tolerate freshwater medium.  Our interests in this strain include RubisCO operon genes and genes allowing adaptation to freshwater and marine habitats.

PCC 7001 has been selected for genomic sequencing as part of the second phase of the George and Betty Moore Foundation's Microbial Genome Sequencing Project.  The Venter Institute will provide the draft genome and autoannotation, and my lab will be responsible for closing the genome, conducting the manual annotation review, and comparitive genomic analyses between this organism and other marine and freshwater cyanobacteria