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. 2002 Mar;68(3):1180–1191. doi: 10.1128/AEM.68.3.1180-1191.2002

TABLE 2.

Origins and characteristics of the Synechococcus strains used in this studya

Group and strain Isolation location A495/A545 Other datab Originc Reference GenBank accession no.
Marine A Synechococcus clade I
    WH 8015 Woods Hole 0.44 WH 65 AF397717
    WH 8016 Woods Hole 0.4 WH 65 AF397718
    WH 8020 Sargasso Sea 0.78 CA WH 65 AF397719
    WH 9908 Woods Hole NDg WH This work AF397720
Marine A Synechococcus clade II
    WH 6501 Tropical Atlantic 0.43 WH 65 AF397706
    WH 8002 Gulf of Mexico 0.48 WH 65 AF397707
    WH 8005 Gulf of Mexico 0.44 WH 65 AF397708
    WH 8012 Sargasso Sea 0.4 WH 65 AF397709
    WH 8109 Sargasso Sea 0.89 WH 65 AF397710
Marine A Synechococcus clade III
    C8015 Red Sea >1 Motile D. Lindell and A. Post 23 AF397711
    WH 8102 Western Caribbean 2.06 Motile WH 65 AF397712
    WH 8103 Sargasso Sea 2.4 Motile, NCA WH 65 AF397713
    WH 8112 Sargasso Sea Variable Motile, CA WH 65 AF397714
    WH 8113 Sargasso Sea Variable Motile, CA WH 65 AF397715
    WH 8406 Gulf of Mexico 0.84 Motile WH 65 AF397716
Marine A Synechococcus clade IV
    EBAC392 Monterey Bay —d — 4 AF268237
    MB11A04 Monterey Bay — — 51 AY033297
    MB11E09 Monterey Bay — — 51 AY033308
Marine A Synechococcus clade V
    RS9705 Red Sea <1 D. Lindell and A. Post 23 AF397725
    RS9708 Red Sea <1 D. Lindell and A. Post 23 AF397726
    WH 7803 Sargasso Sea 0.39 WH 65 AF397727
Marine A Synechococcus clade VI
    WH 7805 Sargasso Sea No PUB WH 65 AF397721
    WH 8008 Gulf of Mexico No PUB WH 65 AF397722
    WH 8017 Woods Hole No PUBe WH 65 AF397723
    WH 8018 Woods Hole No PUB WH 65 AF397724
Marine B Synechococcus
    WH 8101 Woods Hole NAf WH 65 AF397728
    WH 5701 Long Island Sound NAf WH 65 AF397729
Cyanobium Synechococcus
    PCC 6307 Wisconsin lake NAf PCC 42 AF397730
a

See Table 1, footnote a. A495/A545 ratio is a measure of relative amounts of PUB to PEB. Data for Woods Hole collection Synechococcus strains are from reference 65. Data for Red Sea Synechococcus strains were provided by D. Lindell (personal communication).

b

CA, chromatic adaptation; NCA, no chromatic adaptation (taken from reference 35).

c

WH, Woods Hole culture collection; PCC, Pasteur Culture Collection.

d

Environmental sequence, no pigment data available.

e

Originally described as containing PUB (65).

f

Strain lacks phycoerythrin and thus has no PUB or PEB.

g

ND, not determined.