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Genomes of model organisms: know thy tools
Author(s) -
Galperin Michael Y.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.954
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1462-2920
pISSN - 1462-2912
DOI - 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01656.x
Subject(s) - biology , genome , model organism , evolutionary biology , computational biology , need to know , genetics , gene , computer science , computer security
The list of recently completed microbial genome sequencing projects (Table 1) includes genomes of two unicellular eukaryotes, three archaea and a variety of bacteria, including an unusually diverse selection of the Firmicutes. The highlights of these sequencing efforts include complete genome sequences of several important model organisms, including the standard laboratory strain Escherichia coli DH10B, the model halophile Halobacterium salinarum strain R1, the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 and the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.