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    Marine nitrogen-fixing bacterium.
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    Lineage: Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Chroococcales; Crocosphaera; Crocosphaera watsonii WH 8501
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    The schematic of a bacterium by Todd Groesbeck, NCBI.
    The actual image of the species named above is unavailable.
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    Genome information:
    Name RefSeq GenBank Length (Mbp) GC content Proteins RNAs
    Master WGS NZ_AADV00000000 AADV00000000 6.23816 37.0% 5958 38

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    Crocosphaera watsonii. Crocosphaera watsonii is a unicellular marine cyanobacterium that fixes nitrogen, presumably at night, while growing photosynthetically during the day. It is abundant in the marine environment and contributes significantly to global carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles.

    Crocosphaera watsonii WH 8501. Crocosphaera watsonii WH 8501, formerly Synechocystis sp. WH 8501, was isolated from the tropical southern Atlantic Ocean. This organism is able to efficiently transport phosphorus which may play an important role in its ability to survive in the oligotrophic tropical ocean.


    Cellular features Environment Temperature
    Gram stain Shape Arrangement Endospores Motility Salinity Oxygen Req. Habitat Opt. temp. Range
        Singles         Aquatic