Gene database of Caulobacter crescentus NA1000

Caulobacter crescentus is
a Gram-negative single celled bacterium with a dimorphic life cycle not common
in Bacteria. Specifically, the cell undergoes asymmetric cell division to
produce a swimmer cell and one sessile cell at each cell cycle. The swimmer
cell would swim for some distance prior to secreting a biological glue that
helps adhere the cell to a surface. Such life cycle and its unique crescent
cell shape are reasons why the bacterium remains an interesting object of study
in many fields of biological research. This work sought to provide fundamental
information about the genetic repertoire of Caulobacter crescentus
NA1000 by parsing its annotated genome sequence downloaded from Genbank.
Comprising gene name, gene function, and gene sequence of all genes in the
bacterium’s genome, the resource should find use in functional genomics study
for understanding the genes responsible for particular steps of this
bacterium’s interesting life cycle.