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Table 1 Genome characteristics of strains used in this study

From: Genomic mechanisms for cold tolerance and production of exopolysaccharides in the Arctic cyanobacterium Phormidesmis priestleyi BC1401

 

Phormidesmis priestleyi BC1401

Leptolyngbya boryana PCC 6306

Oscillatoriales cyanobacterium JSC-12

Geitlerinema sp. PCC 7407

Geographic location

Greenland Ice Sheet

Unknown

Yellowstone, USA

Unknown

Habitat

Cryoconite

Temperate lake

Hot spring

Unknown

Environmental temperature

~0–3 °C

~4–20 °C

~37–54 °C

Unknown

Genome size(bp)

5,551,896

7,262,454

5,530,391

4,681,111

DNA coding (%)

83.8

87.93

86.41

84.37

DNA G+C (%)

49.16

47.01

47.47

58.46

DNA scaffolds

213

5

1

1

Scaffold size (bp)

213–275,582

27,440–6,255,543

5,530,391

4,681,111

N50

79,760

6,255,543

5,530,391

4,681,111

Total genes

5,612

6,911

5,081

3,913

PEGs

5,507

6,827

5,024

3,854