Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing
Joint Genome Institute · University of California, Berkeley · +9 more institutions
Abstract
The cyanobacterial phylum encompasses oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes of a great breadth of morphologies and ecologies; they play key roles in global carbon and nitrogen cycles. The chloroplasts of all photosynthetic eukaryotes can trace their ancestry to cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria also attract considerable interest as platforms for "green" biotechnology and biofuels. To explore the molecular basis of their different phenotypes and biochemical capabilities, we sequenced the genomes of 54 phylogenetically and phenotypically diverse cyanobacterial strains. Comparison of cyanobacterial genomes reveals the molecular basis for many aspects of cyanobacterial ecophysiological diversity, as well as the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 25.39
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 94
Authors
23- PMPatrick M. ShihCorresponding
Joint Genome Institute, University of California, Berkeley
- DWDongying Wu
Joint Genome Institute, University of California, Davis
- ALAmel Latifi
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne
- SDSeth D. Axen
Joint Genome Institute
- DPDavid P. Fewer
University of Helsinki
Topics & keywords
- Phylum
- Biology
- Genome
- Evolutionary biology
- Cyanobacteria
- Phylogenetics
- Phylogenetic diversity
- Context (archaeology)
- Responsible consumption and production
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, 0851070
- UDU.S. Department of EnergyAwards: -AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02, DE-AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02-
- JGJoint Genome InstituteAwards: DE-AC02-05CH11231, AC02-05CH11231
- CNCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueAward: DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OOOffice of ScienceAwards: AC02-05CH11231, -AC02-05CH11231, DE-AC02