Genome of the cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus FGP-2, a photosynthetic ecosystem engineer of arid land soil biocrusts worldwide

Shawn R. Starkenburg; Krista G. Reitenga; Tracey Freitas; Shannon Johnson; Patrick S G Chain; Ferran Garcia-Pichel; Cheryl R. Kuske

doi:10.1128/JB.05138-11

Genome of the cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus FGP-2, a photosynthetic ecosystem engineer of arid land soil biocrusts worldwide

Shawn R. Starkenburg, Krista G. Reitenga, Tracey Freitas, Shannon Johnson, Patrick S G Chain, Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Cheryl R. Kuske

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The filamentous cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus is found in arid land soils worldwide. The genome of M. vaginatus strain FGP-2 allows exploration of genes involved in photosynthesis, desiccation tolerance, alkane production, and other features contributing to this organism's ability to function as a major component of biological soil crusts in arid lands.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4569-4570
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of bacteriology
Volume	193
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.05138-11
State	Published - Sep 2011

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