Complete Genome Sequence of Cyanobacterium Geminocystis sp. Strain NIES-3708, Which Performs Type II Complementary Chromatic Acclimation

Yuu Hirose; Mitsunori Katayama; Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo; Naomi Misawa; Erica Iioka; Wataru Suda; Kenshiro Oshima; Mitsumasa Hanaoka; Kan Tanaka; Toshihiko Eki; Masahiko Ikeuchi; Yo Kikuchi; Makoto Ishida; Masahira Hattori

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00357-15

Complete Genome Sequence of Cyanobacterium Geminocystis sp. Strain NIES-3708, Which Performs Type II Complementary Chromatic Acclimation

Genome Announc. 2015 May 7;3(3):e00357-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00357-15.

Authors

Yuu Hirose¹, Mitsunori Katayama², Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo³, Naomi Misawa⁴, Erica Iioka⁵, Wataru Suda⁵, Kenshiro Oshima⁵, Mitsumasa Hanaoka⁶, Kan Tanaka⁷, Toshihiko Eki⁸, Masahiko Ikeuchi⁹, Yo Kikuchi¹⁰, Makoto Ishida⁴, Masahira Hattori⁵

Affiliations

¹ hirose@ens.tut.ac.jp.
² College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Narashino, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Environmental Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
⁴ Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS), Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
⁵ Center for Omics and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
⁶ Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan.
⁷ Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
⁸ Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan.
⁹ Department of Life Sciences (Biology), The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.
¹⁰ Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

To explore the variation of the light-regulated genes during complementary chromatic acclimation (CCA), we determined the complete genome sequence of the cyanobacterium Geminocystis sp. strain NIES-3708. Within the light-regulated operon for CCA, we found genes for phycoerythrin but not phycocyanin, suggesting that this cyanobacterium modulates phycoerythrin composition only (type II CCA).