Gloeobacter

Taxobox
color = lightgrey
name = "Gloeobacter"
domain = Bacteria
phylum = Cyanobacteria
genus = "Gloeobacter"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Gloeobacter violaceus"

"Gloeobacter" is a genus of cyanobacteria. It is a sister group to all other cyanobacteria. [cite book | title=The Cyanobacteria: Molecular Biology, Genomics and Evolution | url=http://books.google.com/books?hl=sv&lr=&id=xgMahO1BXrQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&ots=m58kg-1Qno&sig=mt9OxD-__GmdITpqr11TtyLfzkM#PPA3,M1| author=Enrique Flores AH| date=2008| pages=3| publisher=Horizon| isbn=1904455158]

The whole genome of "Gloeobacter violaceus" (strain PCC 7421) has been sequenced. Many genes for Photosystem I and II were found missing, likely related to the fact that photosynthesis in the bacterium does not take place in the thylakoid membrane like in other cyanobacteria, but in the plasma membrane. [cite journal |author=Nakamura Y, Kaneko T, Sato S, "et al" |title=Complete genome structure of Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421, a cyanobacterium that lacks thylakoids |journal=DNA Res. |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=137–45 |year=2003 |pmid=14621292 |doi=10.1093/dnares/10.4.137]

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