title: Complete genome sequence of Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413.
abstract: Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 is a filamentous, heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium that has served as a model organism, with an extensive literature extending over 40 years. The strain has three distinct nitrogenases that function under different environmental conditions and is capable of photoautotrophic growth in the light and true heterotrophic growth in the dark using fructose as both carbon and energy source. While this strain was first isolated in 1964 in Mississippi and named Anabaena flos-aquae MSU A-37, it clusters phylogenetically with cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc. The strain is a moderate thermophile, growing well at approximately 40(°) C. Here we provide some additional characteristics of the strain, and an analysis of the complete genome sequence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
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authors.lastname: Thiel
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Brenda S
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authors.lastname: Pratte
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Jinshun
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authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
authors.forename: Lynne
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authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
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authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA.
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authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
authors.forename: Cliff
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authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
authors.forename: Sam
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authors.lastname: Pitluck
authors.affiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN.
authors.forename: Miriam L
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authors.lastname: Land
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
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authors.lastname: Kyrpides
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA ; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
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authors.lastname: Woyke