Synechocystis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Order: | Synechococcales |
| Family: | Merismopediaceae |
| Genus: | Synechocystis Sauvageau, 1892[1] |
doi:10.7554/eLife.12620. . (May 2022) |
Synechocystis is a genus of unicellular, freshwater cyanobacteria in the family Merismopediaceae. It includes a strain, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, which is a well studied model organism.
Synechocystis
Like all cyanobacteria, Synechocystis branches on the evolutionary tree from its ancestral root, diazotrophic, and is closely related to another model organism, Cyanothece ATCC 51442.[3] It has been suggested that originally Synechocystis possessed the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen, but lost the genes required for the process.[4]
See also
- Synechocystis run-and-tumble
References
- ^ Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR (2014). "Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach" (PDF). Preslia. 86: 295–335.
- PMID 23277585.
- PMID 21972240.
- ISBN 978-94-007-3854-6.