Algoriphagus sp. PR1 Database

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Algoriphagus sp. PR1 is a marine bacterium and a member of the genus Flexibacter. It is most notable for its ability to induce colony formation in the choanoflagellate Proterospongia when used as a food source. This predator/prey interaction and resulting morphological/phenotypic could provide insights into the transition to multicellularity during the evolution of animals.

Algoriphagus sp. PR1 genome sequence was generated inadvertently as by product of sequencing Proterospongia sp. ATCC 50818, as part of NHGRI funded "Origins of Multicellularity Project", as it is used as substrate to grow Proterospongia and therefore manifests itself as unavoidable contaminant.

This genome was originally sequenced by J. Craig Venter Institute as part of a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbial Genome Sequencing Project. The resulting finished genome sequence presented here was generated form a combination of Broad and J. Craig Venter Institute generated sequence data.