Species InformationThe Sulfolobus acidocaldarius DSM 639 genome is 2.23 Million bp long and contains approximately 2329 predicted genes. S. acidocaldarius is a thermophilic acidophile. It grows optimally at pH 2-3, and between 70-75C.
Taxonomy: Archaea; Crenarchaeota; Thermoprotei; Sulfolobales; Sulfolobaceae; Sulfolobus.
Sequencing: The sequence was released July 2005 by the University of Copenhagen, and was described in J Bacteriol 187:4992-9 (2005) Chen L, Brugger K, Skovgaard M, Redder P, She Q, et al.."The genome of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a model organism of the Crenarchaeota." Abstract: Sulfolobus acidocaldarius is an aerobic thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon which grows optimally at 80 degrees C and pH 2 in terrestrial solfataric springs. Here, we describe the genome sequence of strain DSM639, which has been used for many seminal studies on archaeal and crenarchaeal biology. The circular genome carries 2,225,959 bp (37% G+C) with 2,292 predicted protein-encoding genes. Many of the smaller genes were identified for the first time on the basis of comparison of three... [Click above reference link for full abstract] Isolation: Arch Mikrobiol 84:54-68 (1972) Brock TD, Brock KM, Belly RT, Weiss RL, "Sulfolobus: a new genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria living at low pH and high temperature." Abstract: Sequenced related species/strains: Metallosphaera sedula DSM 5348, Sulfolobus islandicus, Sulfolobus islandicus, Sulfolobus islandicus M.16.27, Sulfolobus islandicus M.16.4, Sulfolobus islandicus Y.G.57.14, Sulfolobus islandicus Y.N.15.51, Sulfolobus solfataricus P2, Sulfolobus tokodaii str. 7 | Browse Specific Gene/Feature Sets |
