The Synechococcus sp. WH7803 genome is 2.37 Mb long and its GC content is 60.2%. The characteristics of Synechococcus sp. RCC307 genome are expected to be similar. The first strain is axenic, while the second one contains a bacterial (non-photosynthetic) contaminant at low concentration. For each genome, three libraries are constructed, with mean insert sizes of 3 kb (pCDNA2.1 vector, high copy number), 10 kb (pCNS vector, low copy number) and 20 kb (miniBACs). The sequence coverage for both genomes is 10X.
The members of the consortium (see list on the other page) will be in charge of the annotation.