Complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, piezophilic, heterotrophic, and carboxydotrophic archaeon Thermococcus barophilus MP

J Bacteriol. 2011 Mar;193(6):1481-2. doi: 10.1128/JB.01490-10. Epub 2011 Jan 7.

Abstract

Thermococcus barophilus is a hyperthermophilic, anaerobic, mixed heterotrophic, and carboxydotrophic euryarchaeon isolated from the deep sea hydrothermal vent Snakepit site on the mid-Atlantic ridge at a depth of 3,550 m. T. barophilus is the first true piezophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated, having an optimal growth at 40 MPa. Here we report the complete genome sequence of strain MP, the type strain of T. barophilus. The genome data reveal a close proximity with Thermococcus sibiricus, another Thermococcus isolated from the deep biosphere and a possible connection to life in the depths.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Atlantic Ocean
  • DNA, Archaeal / chemistry*
  • DNA, Archaeal / genetics*
  • Genome, Archaeal*
  • Hot Springs / microbiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Seawater / microbiology
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Thermococcus / genetics*
  • Thermococcus / isolation & purification
  • Thermococcus / physiology

Substances

  • DNA, Archaeal

Associated data

  • GENBANK/CP002372
  • GENBANK/CP002373