Species InformationThe Thermococcus kodakarensis KOD1 genome is 2.09 Million bp long and contains approximately 2358 predicted genes. T. kodakaraensis (also spelled kodakarensis) is a hyperthermophile that grows at 60-100C (optimally at 85C) and in a pH range of 5-9 (optimally at 6.5). It was isolated from a solfatara on the shore of Kodakara Island, Japan. It can use elemental sulfur in respiration, or grow by fermentation on starch, maltose, or pyruvate.
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Thermococcus.
Sequencing: The sequence was released May 2004 by the Kyoto University, Japan, and was described in Genome Res 15:352-63 (2005) Fukui T, Atomi H, Kanai T, Matsumi R, Fujiwara S, et al.."Complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis KOD1 and comparison with Pyrococcus genomes." Abstract: The genus Thermococcus, comprised of sulfur-reducing hyperthermophilic archaea, belongs to the order Thermococcales in Euryarchaeota along with the closely related genus Pyrococcus. The members of Thermococcus are ubiquitously present in natural high-temperature environments, and are therefore considered to play a major role in the ecology and metabolic activity of microbial consortia within hot-water ecosystems. To obtain insight into this important genus, we have determined and... [Click above reference link for full abstract] Isolation: Appl Environ Microbiol 60:4559-66 (1994) Morikawa M, Izawa Y, Rashid N, Hoaki T, Imanaka T, "Purification and characterization of a thermostable thiol protease from a newly isolated hyperthermophilic Pyrococcus sp." Abstract: A hyperthermophilic archaeon strain, KOD1, was isolated from a solfatara at a wharf on Kodakara Island, Kagoshima, Japan. The growth temperature of the strain ranged from 65 to 100 degrees C, and the optimal temperature was 95 degrees C. The anaerobic strain was an S0-dependent heterotroph. Cells were irregular cocci and were highly motile with several polar flagella. The membrane lipid was of the ether type, and the GC content of the DNA was estimated to be 38 mol%. The 16S rRNA... [Click above reference link for full abstract] Sequenced related species/strains: Pyrococcus abyssi GE5, Pyrococcus furiosus DSM 3638, Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3, Thermococcus barophilus, Thermococcus gammatolerans, Thermococcus onnurineus, Thermococcus sibiricus | Browse Specific Gene/Feature Sets |
