title: Genome of the cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus FGP-2, a photosynthetic ecosystem engineer of arid land soil biocrusts worldwide.
abstract: The filamentous cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatusis 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.
authors.affiliation: Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Starkenburg
authors.forename: Krista G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Reitenga
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Patrick S G
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chain
authors.forename: Ferran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Garcia-Pichel
authors.forename: Cheryl R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kuske
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels / Q000382:microbiology; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005973:Glutamine / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010788:Photosynthesis; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D005973:Glutamine; D018698:Glutamic Acid