TABLE 1.

Copy number of glycogen metabolism genes in various members of Cyanothece, Synechocystis, and cyanobacteria known to produce starch-like granules

Genome	No. of glycogen metabolism gene:					Morphology type
	glgC	glgA	glgB	glgX	glgP
Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	1	2	1	2	1	Glycogen
Cyanothece sp. PCC 7822	1	2	2	4	2	Glycogen
Cyanothece sp. PCC 7424	1	2	2	4	2	Glycogen
Cyanothece sp. PCC 7425	1	2	2	1	2	Glycogena
Cyanothece sp. PCC 8801	1	2	2	4	2	Semi-amylopectinb
Cyanothece sp. PCC 8802	1	2	2	4	2	Semi-amylopectinc
Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51472	2	2	3	3	3	Semi-amylopectin
Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142	2	2	3	2	3	Semi-amylopectin
Cyanothece sp. CCY 0110	2	2	3		1	Semi-amylopectin
Cyanobacterium sp. Clg1		3	3	5	1	Semi-amylopectin + amylose
Cyanobacterium sp. NBRC 102756			3			Semi-amylopectin

^aBased on TEM observations (40).

^bBased on TEM observations (27).

^cBased on TEM observations (41).