Query: NC_007776:1797699 Synechococcus sp. JA-2-3B'a(2-13), complete genome
Lineage: Synechococcus; Synechococcus; Synechococcaceae; Chroococcales; Cyanobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Also known as Cyanobacteria Yellowstone B-Prime, this organism represents a group of Cyanobacteria that have been identified along temperature and vertical gradients in hot spring microbial mats.
Subject: NC_005071:288922 Prochlorococcus marinus str. MIT 9313, complete genome
Lineage: Prochlorococcus marinus; Prochlorococcus; Prochlorococcaceae; Prochlorales; Cyanobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Marine cyanobacterium. This non-motile bacterium is a free-living marine organism that is one of the most abundant, as well as the smallest, on earth, and contributes heavily to carbon cycling in the marine environment. This cyanobacterium grows in areas of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation and is unique in that it utilizes divinyl chlorophyll a/b proteins as light-harvesting systems instead of phycobiliproteins. These pigments allow harvesting of light energy from blue wavelengths at low light intensity.