Species InformationThe Ferroplasma acidarmanus Fer1 genome is 1.87 Million bp long and contains approximately 1695 predicted genes. F. acidarmanus is an acidophilic iron-oxidizing euryarchaeon that is native to metal-rich environments (including those rich in arsenic). It grows optimally at 42C and pH 1.2. The genome is still in draft form.
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermoplasmata; Thermoplasmatales; Ferroplasmaceae; Ferroplasma.
The most recent genome sequence draft was released June 2005 Draft by the US DOE Joint Genome Institute, but there is no associated genome publication to date. Isolation: Science 287:1796-9 (2000) Edwards KJ, Bond PL, Gihring TM, Banfield JF, "An archaeal iron-oxidizing extreme acidophile important in acid mine drainage." Abstract: A new species of Archaea grows at pH approximately 0.5 and approximately 40 degrees C in slime streamers and attached to pyrite surfaces at a sulfide ore body, Iron Mountain, California. This iron-oxidizing Archaeon is capable of growth at pH 0. This species represents a dominant prokaryote in the environment studied (slimes and sediments) and constituted up to 85% of the microbial community when solution concentrations were high (conductivity of 100 to 160 millisiemens per... [Click above reference link for full abstract] Sequenced related species/strains: Picrophilus torridus DSM 9790, Thermoplasma acidophilum DSM 1728, Thermoplasma volcanium GSS1 | Browse Specific Gene/Feature Sets |
