For some of the homework assignments you are going to need your very own prokaryote. You will each hash yourself into the table of sequenced prokaryotes, in order to find yours. Here are the details:

1. Let I be your student ID number. Compute h(I) = (I mod 1232)+1.
2. Go to the numbered list of 1232 completely sequenced prokaryotes. Look for the line numbered h(I). This gives your tentatively assigned prokaryote.
3. Does your prokaryote pass all of the following tests?
   • Your prokaryote's entry in the numbered list does not say "Taken" or "Community prokaryote".
   • Your prokaryote appears on the NCBI Microbial Genome page. (Check the full name: some species have a number of different strains in these tables, such as Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987, Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579, Bacillus cereus E33L. There may be some slight differences in wording, which is fine, such as "Francisella tularensis FSC 198" in the numbered list and "Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis FSC198" on the NCBI Microbial Genome page.)
   • Find your prokaryote on the NCBI Microbial FTP page and click on its link. That directory should have at least one .fna file, at least one .faa file, and at least one .ptt file. At least one of the .fna files should have size at least 800 KB as listed in the directory.
   If your prokaryote fails any of these tests, go back to step 1 using instead h(2I), h(3I), ... (I actually expect that almost everyone's first choice will have worked. If your first 3 choices don't work, or you encounter some other problem, send mail to the instructor explaining what's happening.)
4. Send mail to the instructor with the name of your prokaryote.
5. Congratulations! You've adopted a healthy new one-celled organism.