Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1

Taxonomy
Names	Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1
Accession numbers	NC_004113
Background	Thermosynechococcus elongatus has long been used as a model organism for investigating photosynthesis. It is a thermophilic unicellular rod shaped cyanobacterium, the organism lives in hot springs and has an optimum growth temperature of 55C. The sequenced strain was isolated from Beppu hot spring in Japan.Cyanobacteria is a general term for bacteria capable of oxygenic photosyntheses, which comprises over 1500 species.(From http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/genomes/bacteria.html) (BacMap)
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Cyanobacteria
Class:	NA
Order:	Chroococcales
Family:	NA
Genus:	Thermosynechococcus
Species:	elongatus
Strain	BP-1
Complete	Yes
Sequencing centre	(05-JUN-2002) The First Laboratory for Plant Gene Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7, Kazusa-kamatari, (11-AUG-2004) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Sequencing quality	Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth	NA
Sequencing method	NA
Isolation site	Beppu hot spring in Japan
Isolation country	Japan
Number of replicons	1
Gram staining properties	NA
Shape	Bacilli
Mobility	No
Flagellar presence	No
Number of membranes	2
Oxygen requirements	NA
Optimal temperature	55.0
Temperature range	Thermophilic
Habitat	Specialized
Biotic relationship	Free living
Host name	NA
Cell arrangement	NA
Sporulation	NA
Metabolism	NA
Energy source	Photoautotroph, Photosynthetic
Diseases	NA
Pathogenicity	No

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