Microbial Genome Sequencing Project - Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Microbial Genome Sequencing Project - Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Prochlorococcus marinus AS9601

Researcher(s):
Major Lineage: Cyanobacteria
NCBI taxID: 146891
Genome Size (Mb): 1.0 Mb
G+C %: 31.3%
Number of Genes: 1949
Coding %: 92.0%
Isolation Method: Filter fractionation
16S rRNA gene sequence:
Status: Released to GenBank
GenBank Accession Number: CP000551
Primary Citation: N/A
Relevance: Most abundant clade of Prochlorococcus in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans (HL II), often constituting over 90% of the total population; AS9601 strain outgrows MIT 9312 in temperatures exceeding 28oC, and can grow at significantly higher temperatures (31oC)
Location Collected: Arabian Sea
Depth (m): 50 m
Latitude*: 19° 0' 0" S Convert to decimal -19 Convert to degrees
Longitude*: 67° 0' 0" E Convert to decimal 67 Convert to degrees
Location:
*In some cases, latitude and longitude are estimates based on information supplied by the researcher.
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