Table 4. Thermophilic bacteria.
| Name | Group | DnaK copies | OGT/°C | G+C | E(DnaK) | 24- to 30-bp repeats* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYMTH | Firmicutes | 1 | 51 | 68.7 | 1.27 | + |
| THETH | Deinococcus-Thermus | 1 | 70-75 | 69.4 | 1.27 | + (4 copies) |
| THEEL | Cyanobacteria | 3 | 55 | 53.9 | dnak1 0.76 | − |
| dnak2 1.38 | ||||||
| dnak3 0.86 | ||||||
| THETE | Firmicutes | 1 | 80 | 37.6 | 1.28 | + |
| STRTH | Firmicutes | 1 | 42 | 39.1 | 2.10 | + |
| THEMA | Thermotogales | 1 | 80 | 46.3 | 1.38 | + |
| AQUAE | Aquificales | 1 | 90 | 43.3 | 1.36 | + |
| CHLTE | Chlorobiales | 1 | 48 | 56.5 | 1.05 | + |
SYMTH, Symbiobacterium thermophilum; THETH, Thermus thermophilus; THEEL, Thermosynechococcus elongatus; THETE, Thermoanaerobacter tengcogensis; STRTH, Streptococcus thermophilus; THEMA, Thermotoga maritima; AQUAE, Aquifex aeolicus; CHLTE, Chlorobium tepidum.
*
The nature of the 24- to 30-bp repeats are discussed in ref. 2. These are lacking in T. elongatus and involve only four copies in the T. thermophilus genome.