Gene database of Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301

<i>Synechococcus elongatus</i> is a cyanobacterium capable of rapid growth under autotrophic conditions in light. Such rapid growth holds implications for its potential use in biotechnology. This work sought to provide the genetic repertoire of <i>S. elongatus</i> in the form of an Excel database. Based on the annotated genome sequence of the cyanobacterium downloaded from Genbank, the database was parsed by an in-house MATLAB software. Comprising gene name, gene function and gene sequence, the resource should be useful for cloning genes from the cyanobacterium for heterologous expression in other biotechnological chassis for investigating how facile the cyanobacterium photosynthetic system could be transferred to another species.