Complete Genome Sequence of the Bacteriochlorophyll b-Producing Photosynthetic Bacterium Blastochloris viridis.
We report the complete genome sequence of the purple photosynthetic bacterium Blastochloris viridis belonging to α-Proteobacteria. This is the first completed genome sequence of a phototroph producing bacteriochlorophyll b. The genome information will be useful for further analysis of the photosynthetic energy conversion system and bacteriochlorophyll pigment biosynthesis.
Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan tsukatani@elsi.jp.
Yusuke
Y
Tsukatani
Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, Toyohashi University of Technology, Aichi, Japan Electronics Inspired-Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS), Toyohashi University of Technology, Aichi, Japan.
Yuu
Y
Hirose
Department of Medical Biochemistry, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Jiro
J
Harada
Electronics Inspired-Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS), Toyohashi University of Technology, Aichi, Japan.
Naomi
N
Misawa
Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Keita
K
Mori
Department of Biological Sciences, Kanagawa University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Kazuhito
K
Inoue
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan.
Hitoshi
H
Tamiaki