Species InformationThe Thermofilum pendens Hrk 5 genome is 1.81 Million bp long and contains approximately 1931 predicted genes.
Taxonomy: Archaea; Crenarchaeota; Thermoprotei; Thermoproteales; Thermofilaceae; Thermofilum.
The most recent genome sequence draft was released 03/01/06 by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, but there is no associated genome publication to date. Isolation: Zillig, W., A. Gierl, G. Schreiber, S. Wunderl, D. Janekovic, K. O. Stetter, and H. P. Klenk. (1983) "The archaebacterium Thermofilum pendens represents a novel genus of the thermophilic, anaerobic sulfur respiring Thermoproteales." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 4:79-87. Sequenced related species/strains: Caldivirga maquilingensis IC-167, Pyrobaculum aerophilum str. IM2, Pyrobaculum arsenaticum DSM 13514, Pyrobaculum calidifontis JCM 11548, Pyrobaculum islandicum DSM 4184, Pyrobaculum oguniense, Thermoproteus neutrophilus V24Sta, Thermoproteus tenax, Vulcanisaeta distributa IC-017 | Browse Specific Gene/Feature Sets |