Table 1.

Overall classification of cyanobacteria highlighting clades of relevance for this study.

Tree placement	Orders	Example of strains
Basal	Gloeobacterales	Gloeobacter violaceus, Anthocerotibacter panamensis
	Thermostichales	Synechococcus (Thermosticus) sp. JA-3Ab, Synechococcus sp PCC 7336
	Pseudanabaenales	Pseudanabaena sp. PCC6802, Synechococcus sp. PCC 7502
	Acaryochloridales	Acaryochloris marina, Thermosynechococcus elongatus, Cyanothece sp. PCC 7425, Synechococcus sp. PCC 6312
Microcyanobacteria	Nodosilineales	Synechococcus sp. PCC 7335, Halomicronema hongdechloris, Nodosilinea nodulosa, Leptolyngbya sp. PCC 6406
	Prochlorotrichales	Prochlorothrix hollandica
	Synechococcales	Cyanobium gracile, Synechococcus sp. RS9916, Synechococcus elongatus, Prochlorococcus marinus
Macrocyanobacteria	Leptolyngbyales	Oscillatoriales cyanobacterium JSC-12, Leptolyngbya boryana, Stenomitos frigidus
	Oscillatoriales	Lyngbya sp. PCC 8106, Oscillatoria nigro-viridis, Planktothrix rubescens
	Chrooccocales	Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Microcystis aeruginosa, Prochloron didemni, Pleurocapsa sp. PCC 7319
	Chroococcidiopsidales	Gloeocapsa sp. PCC 7428, Chroococcidiopsis thermalis
	Nostocales	Nostoc punctiforme, Fischerella sp. PCC 9432, Calothrix sp. PCC 6303, Scytonema hofmannii