@article {Derelle2006,
	title = {Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils many unique features},
	journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
	volume = {103},
	number = {31},
	year = {2006},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: RCC745},
	pages = {11647{\textendash}11652},
	abstract = {The green lineage is reportedly 1,500 million years old, evolving shortly after the endosymbiosis event that gave rise to early photosynthetic eukaryotes. In this study, we unveil the complete genome sequence of an ancient member of this lineage, the unicellular green alga Ostreococcus tauri (Prasinophyceae). This cosmopolitan marine primary producer is the world{\textquoteright}s smallest free-living eukaryote known to date. Features likely reflecting optimization of environmentally relevant pathways, including resource acquisition, unusual photosynthesis apparatus, and genes potentially involved in C4 photosynthesis, were observed, as was downsizing of many gene families. Overall, the 12.56-Mb nuclear genome has an extremely high gene density, in part because of extensive reduction of intergenic regions and other forms of compaction such as gene fusion. However, the genome is structurally complex. It exhibits previously unobserved levels of heterogeneity for a eukaryote. Two chromosomes differ structurally from the other eighteen. Both have a significantly biased G+C content, and, remarkably, they contain the majority of transposable elements. Many chromosome 2 genes also have unique codon usage and splicing, but phylogenetic analysis and composition do not support alien gene origin. In contrast, most chromosome 19 genes show no similarity to green lineage genes and a large number of them are specialized in cell surface processes. Taken together, the complete genome sequence, unusual features, and downsized gene families, make O. tauri an ideal model system for research on eukaryotic genome evolution, including chromosome specialization and green lineage ancestry.},
	keywords = {rcc, RCC745, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto},
	doi = {10.1073/pnas.0604795103},
	url = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/103/31/11647},
	author = {Derelle, Evelyne and Ferraz, Conchita and Rombauts, Stephane and Rouze, Pierre and Worden, Alexandra Z and Robbens, Steven and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Degroeve, Sven and Echeynie, Sophie and Cooke, Richard and Saeys, Yvan and Wuyts, Jan and Jabbari, Kamel and Bowler, Chris and Panaud, Olivier and Piegu, Benoit and Ball, Steven G and Ral, Jean-Philippe and Bouget, Fran{\c c}ois-Yves and Piganeau, Gwenael and De Baets, Bernard and Picard, Andr{\'e} and Delseny, Michel and Demaille, Jacques and Van de Peer, Yves and Moreau, Herv{\'e}}
}
@article {Six2005,
	title = {Two novel phycoerythrin-associated linker proteins in the marine cyanobacterium synechococcus sp. Strain WH8102},
	journal = {Journal of Bacteriology},
	volume = {187},
	number = {5},
	year = {2005},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2005,rcc,sbr?hyto},
	pages = {1685{\textendash}1694},
	abstract = {The recent availability of the whole genome of Synechococcus sp. strain WH8102 allows us to have a global view of the complex structure of the phycobilisomes of this marine picocyanobacterium. Genomic analyses revealed several new characteristics of these phycobilisomes, consisting of an allophycocyanin core and rods made of one type of phycocyanin and two types of phycoerythrins (I and II). Although the allophycocyanin appears to be similar to that found commonly in freshwater cyanobacteria, the phycocyanin is simpler since it possesses only one complete set of alpha and beta subunits and two rod-core linkers (CpcG1 and CpcG2). It is therefore probably made of a single hexameric disk per rod. In contrast, we have found two novel putative phycoerythrin-associated linker polypeptides that appear to be specific for marine Synechococcus spp. The first one (SYNW2000) is unusually long (548 residues) and apparently results from the fusion of a paralog of MpeC, a phycoerythrin II linker, and of CpeD, a phycoerythrin-I linker. The second one (SYNW1989) has a more classical size (300 residues) and is also an MpeC paralog. A biochemical analysis revealed that, like MpeC, these two novel linkers were both chromophorylated with phycourobilin. Our data suggest that they are both associated (partly or totally) with phycoerythrin II, and we propose to name SYNW2000 and SYNW1989 MpeD and MpeE, respectively. We further show that acclimation of phycobilisomes to high light leads to a dramatic reduction of MpeC, whereas the two novel linkers are not significantly affected. Models for the organization of the rods are proposed.},
	keywords = {2005, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto, sbr?hyto},
	doi = {10.1128/JB.187.5.1685-1694.2005},
	url = {http://jb.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/187/5/1685},
	author = {Six, Christophe and Thomas, Jean-Claude and Thion, Laurent and Lemoine, Yves and Zal, Frank and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric}
}
@article {Fuller2003,
	title = {Clade-specific 16S ribosomal DNA oligonucleotides reveal the predominance of a single marine Synechococcus clade throughout a stratified water column in the Red Sea},
	journal = {Applied and Environmental Microbiology},
	volume = {69},
	number = {5},
	year = {2003},
	note = {tex.mendeley-tags: 2003,rcc,sbr?hyto},
	pages = {2430{\textendash}2443},
	abstract = {Phylogenetic relationships among members of the marine Synechococcus genus were determined following sequencing of the 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) from 31 novel cultured isolates from the Red Sea and several other oceanic environments. This revealed a large genetic diversity within the marine Synechococcus cluster consistent with earlier work but also identified three novel clades not previously recognized. Phylogenetic analyses showed one clade, containing halotolerant isolates lacking phycoerythrin (PE) and including strains capable, or not, of utilizing nitrate as the sole N source, which clustered within the MC-A (Synechococcus subcluster 5.1) lineage. Two copies of the 16S rRNA gene are present in marine Synechococcus genomes, and cloning and sequencing of these copies from Synechococcus sp. strain WH 7803 and genomic information from Synechococcus sp. strain WH 8102 reveal these to be identical. Based on the 16S rDNA sequence information, clade-specific oligonucleotides for the marine Synechococcus genus were designed and their specificity was optimized. Using dot blot hybridization technology, these probes were used to determine the in situ community structure of marine Synechococcus populations in the Red Sea at the time of a Synechococcus maximum during April 1999. A predominance of genotypes representative of a single clade was found, and these genotypes were common among strains isolated into culture. Conversely, strains lacking PE, which were also relatively easily isolated into culture, represented only a minor component of the Synechococcus population. Genotypes corresponding to well-studied laboratory strains also appeared to be poorly represented in this stratified water column in the Red Sea.},
	keywords = {2003, PICODIV, rcc, SBR$_\textrmP$hyto, sbr?hyto},
	issn = {0099-2240},
	doi = {10.1128/AEM.69.5.2430-2443.2003},
	url = {http://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/abstract/69/5/2430},
	author = {Fuller, Nicholas J and Marie, Dominique and Partensky, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and Vaulot, Daniel and Post, Anton F and Scanlan, David J}
}
