Complete genome sequence of Methanothermus fervidus type strain (V24ST). Issue 3 (November 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Anderson, Iain; Ngatchou Djao, Olivier; Misra, Monica; Chertkov, Olga; Nolan, Matt; Lucas, Susan; Lapidus, Alla; Glavina Del Rio, Tijana; Tice, Hope; Cheng, Jan-Fang; Tapia, Roxanne; Han, Cliff; Goodwin, Lynne; Pitluck, Sam; Liolios, Konstantinos; Ivanova, Natalia; Mavromatis, Konstantinos; Mikhailova, Natalia; Pati, Amrita; Brambilla, Evelyne; Chen, Amy; Palaniappan, Krishna; Land, Miriam; Hauser, Loren; Chang, Yun-Juan; Jeffries, Cynthia; Sikorski, Johannes; Spring, Stefan; Rohde, Manfred; Eichinger, Konrad; Huber, Harald; Wirth, Reinhard; Göker, Markus; Detter, John; Woyke, Tanja; Bristow, James; Eisen, Jonathan; Markowitz, Victor; Hugenholtz, Philip; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Kyrpides, Nikos;
• Is Part Of: Standards in genomic sciences. Volume 3:Issue 3(2010)
• Page Start: 315
• Page End: 324
• Publication Date: 2010-11
• Subjects: hyperthermophile -- strictly anaerobic -- motile -- Gram-positive -- chemolithoautotroph -- Methanothermaceae -- Euryarchaeota -- GEBA; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics; Periodicals; 572.8605
• DOI: 10.4056/sigs.1283367
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3277

Abstract

Abstract Methanothermus fervidus Stetter 1982 is the type strain of the genusMethanothermus . This hyperthermophilic genus is of a thought to be endemic in Icelandic hot springs.M. fervidus was not only the first characterized organism with a maximal growth temperature (97°C) close to the boiling point of water, but also the first archaeon in which a detailed functional analysis of its histone protein was reported and the first one in which the function of 2, 3-cyclodiphosphoglycerate in thermoadaptation was characterized. Strain V24ST is of interest because of its very low substrate ranges, it grows only on H2 + CO2 . This is the first completed genome sequence of the familyMethanothermaceae . Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 1, 243, 342 bp long genome with its 1, 311 protein-coding and 50 RNA genes is a part of theG enomic E ncyclopedia of B acteria and A rchaea project.