Table 1

Origin of the 24 cyanobacterial genome sequences that were used to perform the bioinformatic evaluation of the presence of L-arginine-degrading pathways in cyanobacteria.

Cyanobacterial strain
Origin of genome sequence*
Reference sequence
GenBank
Mbps
%GC
Proteins/RNAs

Marine species

Prochlorococcus marinus SS 120
European Union/Genoscope
NC_005042
AE017126
1.75
36.4
1883/46
Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9211
Craig Venter Institute
NZ_AALP00000000
AALP00000000
1.84
39.7
2123/45
Prochlorococcus marinus MIT 9312
JGI/MIT/DOE
NC_007577
CP000111
1.71
31.2
1810/45
Prochlorococcus marinus MIT9313
JGI/DOE
NC_005071
BX548175
2.41
50.7
2269/55
Prochlorococcus marinus MED 4
JGI/DOE
NC_005072
BX548174
1.70
30.8
1717/44
Prochlorococcus marinus NATL 2A
JGI/MIT/DOE
NC_007335
CP000095
1.84
35.1
1892/44
Synechococcus sp. WH 8102
JGI/DOE
NC_005070
BX548020
2.44
59.4
2519/55
Synechococcus sp. CC 9902
JGI/DOE
NC_007513
CP000097
2.24
54.2
2307/51
Synechococcus sp. RS 9917
Craig Venter Institute
NZ_AANP00000000
AANP00000000
2.58
64.5
2770/50
Synechococcus sp. CC 9605
JGI/DOE
NC_007516
CP000110
2.51
59.2
2645/54
Synechococcus sp. WH 5701
Craig Venter Institute
NZ_AANO00000000
AANO00000000
3.04
65.4
3346/55
Synechococcus sp. WH 7805
Craig Venter Institute
NZ_AAOK00000000
AAOK00000000
2.62
57.6
2883/51
Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS 101
WHOI/JGI/DOE
NC_008312
CP000393
7.75
34.1
4451/48
Crocosphaera watsonii WH 8501
WHOI/JGI/DOE
NZ_AADV00000000
AADV00000000
6.24
37.1
5958/38

Freshwater species

Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301
Nagoya University
NC_006576
AP008231
2.70
55.5
2527/55
Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942
JGI/Texas A & M University/DOE
NC_007604
CP000100
2.70
55.5
2612/53
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Kazusa DNA Research Institute
NC_000911
BA000022
3.57
47.7
3172/50
Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421
Kazusa DNA Research Institute
NC_005125
BA000045
4.66
62.0
4430/52
Nostoc sp. PCC 7120
Kazusa DNA Research Institute
NC_003272
BA000019
6.41
41.3
5366/64
Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102
JGI/DOE
NZ_AAAY00000000
AAAY00000000
9.02
41.4
7672/n.d.
Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413
Missouri State University/JGI/DOE
NC_007413
CP000117
6.37
41.4
5043/62
Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1
Kazusa DNA Research Institute
NC_004113
BA000039
2.59
53.9
2476/49
Synechococcus Yellowstone A JA-3-3Ab
TIGR
NC_007775
CP000239
2.93
60.2
2760/55
Synechococcus Yellowstone B JA-2-3B'a (2–13)
TIGR
NC_007776
CP000240
3.05
58.5
2862/52

*JGI, Joint Genome Research Institute; DOE, Department of Energy USA; WHOI, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; TIGR, The Institute for Genomic Research. The strain Prochlorococcus marinus SS 120 corresponds to Prochlorococcus marinus subsp. marinus str. CCMP 1375 and strain Prochlorococcus marinus MED 4 corresponds to Prochlorococcus marinus subsp.pastoris str. CCMP 1986 or CCMP 1378. Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 is synonymous to Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 as well as Anabaena cylindrica. N.d. = not detected.

Schriek et al. BMC Genomics 2007 8:437   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-437