TABLE 2.
Comparison of six cyanobacterial genomes found to contain the scytonemin biosynthetic gene cluster
| Cyanobacteriuma | Genome
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| Size (Mb) | % G+C Content | Status | Sequence location | Size (kb) | No. of ORFs | Location in genome | |
| Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133* | 8.2 | 41 | Complete | JGI | 28 | 19 | 1516115-1544157 |
| Nostoc sp. strain PCC7120 (= ATCC 27893) | 6.4 | 41 | Complete | Kazusa DNA Research Institute | 31.7 | 24 | 475640-507374 |
| Nodularia spumigena CCY9414 | 5.3 | 42 | Incomplete | J. Craig Venter Institute | 31.6 | 23 | Unknown |
| Cyanothece sp. strain PCC7424 | 6.4 | 39 | Incomplete | JGI | 33.2 | 25 | Unknown |
| Cyanothece sp. strain PCC7822 | 5.7 | 40 | Incomplete | JGI | 29.5 | 23 | Unknown |
| Lyngbya sp. strain PCC 8106 (= L. aestuarii CCY9616)* | 10 | 41 | Incomplete | J. Craig Venter Institute | 27.7 | 21 | Unknown |
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Strains marked with an asterisk are reported to produce scytonemin.