Extreme sensory complexity encoded in the 10-megabase draft genome sequence of the chromatically acclimating cyanobacterium Tolypothrix sp. PCC 7601

Abstract

Tolypothrix sp. PCC 7601 is a freshwater filamentous cyanobacterium with complex responses to environmental conditions. Here, we present its 9.96-Mbp draft genome sequence, containing 10,065 putative protein-coding sequences, including 305 predicted two-component system proteins and 27 putative phytochrome-class photoreceptors, the most such proteins in any sequenced genome.