TABLE 1 

From the following article:

Genomics of cellulosic biofuels

Edward M. Rubin

Nature 454, 841-845(14 August 2008)

doi:10.1038/nature07190

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Table 1. Bioenergy genomes.

OrganismGenome size (megabases)StatusReference

Bioenergy-relevant organisms for which large-scale genome projects have been completed or are under way are listed. Information on genome projects without references can be found at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=genomeprj.

Feedstocks and feedstock models
Populus trichocarpa (poplar)480CompleteRef. 9
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii120CompleteRef. 34
Glycine max (soya bean)1,200Draft
Manihot esculenta (cassava)770In progress
Sorghum bicolor760In progress
Eucalyptus globulus600In progress
Brachypodium distachyon355In progress
Zea mays (maize)2,500In progress
Elaeis guineensis (oil palm)approx3,400In progresshttp://www.checkbiotech.org/green_News_Biofuels.aspx?infold=15100
Panicum virgatum (switchgrass)approx5,600In progress
Setaria italica (foxtail millet)approx515In progress
Biomass degraders   
Acidothermus cellulolyticus 11B2.4Complete
Bacillus pumilis SAFR-0323.7CompleteRef. 35
Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus DSM 89033.0Complete
Clostridium phytofermentans ISDg4.8Complete
Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 274053.8Complete
Cytophaga hutchinsonii ATCC 334064.4Complete
Flavobacterium johnsoniae UW1016.1Complete
Rubrobacter xylanophilus DSM99413.2Complete
Saccharophagus degradans5.1CompleteRef. 36
Thermobifida fusca strain YX3.6CompleteRef. 37
Clostridium cellulolyticum H104.0Draft
Elusimicrobium minutum Pei1911.6Draft
Nectria haematococca/Fusarium solani51Draft
Phanerochaete chrysosporium35.1Draft
Postia placenta33Draft
Sagittula stellata E-375.3Draft
Trichoderma reesei/Hypocrea jecorina33Draft
Cellulomonas flavigena DSM 20109approx4.0In progress
Cellvibrio japonicus Ueda107approx6.0In progress
Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. succinogenes S85approx3.8In progress
Ruminococcus albus4.0In progress
Teredinibacter turnerae T7902approx2In progress
Termite hindgut communityNACompleteRef. 23
Poplar biomass degrading communityNAIn progresshttp://www.jgi.doe.gov/sequencing/lspssseqplans2007.html
Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) gut communityNAIn progresshttp://www.jgi.doe.gov/sequencing/DOEmicrobes2007.html
Bovine rumen community transcriptomeNAIn progresshttp://www.energybiosciencesinstitute.org/index.php
?option=com_content&task=view&id=159&Itemid=20
Fuel producers   
Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 8244.0CompleteRef. 38
Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 80526.0Complete
Pichia stipitis15.4CompleteRef. 27
Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis MB42.7CompleteRef. 39
Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis ZM42.1CompleteRef. 40
Bacillus coagulans 36D12.9Draft
Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus 39E2.4Draft
Clostridium ljungdahliiapprox4.0In progress