Table 1.
General genome features of organisms belonging to the genus Thermus.
| Strain | NCBI Accession No. | Source of Isolation | Genome Size | Plasmid (s) | G+C (%) | Predicted CDS | tRNA | rRNA operons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. parvatiensis | RL* | CP014141 | Hot spring, India | 2,016,098 | pTP143 (143,277) | 68.5 | 2,383 | 54 | 2 |
| T. thermophilus | HB27* | AE017221 | Hot spring, Japan | 2,127,482 | pTT27 (232,605) | 69.4 | 2,244 | 47 | 6 |
| T. thermophilus | HB8* | AP008226 | Hot spring, Japan | 2,197,207 | pTT27 (256,992), pTT8 (9,322), pVV8 (81,151) | 69.4 | 2,268 | 48 | 6 |
| T. thermophilus | JL-18* | CP003252 | Great Boiling Spring, USA | 2,311,212 | pTTJL1801 (265,886), pTTJL1802 (142,731) | 69.0 | 2,424 | 52 | 6 |
| T. thermophilus | SG0.5JP17-16* | CP002777 | Hot Spring | 2,303,227 | pTHTHE1601 (440,026) | 68.6 | 2,405 | 53 | 6 |
| T. scotoductus | SA-01* | CP001962 | Fissure water, South Africa | 2,355,186 | pTSC8 (8,383) | 64.9 | 2,514 | 47 | 6 |
| T. oshimai | JL-2* | CP003249 | Great Boiling Spring, USA | 2,401,329 | pTHEOS01 (271,713), pTHEOS02 (57,223) | 68.6 | 2,521 | 59 | 6 |
| T. sp. | CCB_US3_UF1* | CP003126 | Hot spring, Malaysia | 2,263,488 | pTCCB09 (19,716) | 68.6 | 2,228 | 48 | 6 |
| T. aquaticus | Y51MC23* | CP010822 | Hot spring, USA | 2,338,641 | pTA14 (14,448), pTA16 (16,597), pTA69 (69,906), pTA78 (78,727) | 68.0 | 2,436 | 55 | 3 |
| T. brockianus | GE-1* | CP016312 | Kamchatka, Russia | 2,388,273 | pTB1 (342,792), pTB2 (10,299) | 66.9 | 2,789 | 47 | 2 |
| T. antranikianii | DSM 12462 (HN3-7) | AUIW01000000 | Hot spring, Iceland | 2,163,625 | ND | 64.8 | 2,321 | 47 | 4 |
| T. filiformis | ATCC 43280 (Wai33 A1) | JPSL02000000 | Hot spring, New Zealand | 2,386,081 | ND | 69.0 | 2,338 | 47 | 6 |
| T. islandicus | DSM 21543 (PRI 3838) | ATXJ01000000 | Hot spring, Iceland | 2,263,010 | ND | 68.4 | 2,470 | 47 | 6 |
| T. igniterrae | ATCC 700962 (RF-4) | AQWU01000000 | Hot spring, Iceland | 2,225,983 | ND | 68.8 | 2,379 | 43 | 6 |
| T. caliditerrae | YIM 77777 | JQNC01000000 | Hot spring, China | 2,218,114 | ND | 67.2 | 2,327 | 50 | 3 |
| T. amyloliquefaciens | YIM 77409 | JQMV00000000 | Hot spring, China | 2,160,855 | ND | 67.4 | 2,313 | 48 | 6 |
| T. tengchongensis | YIM 77401 | JQLK01000000 | Geothermally heated soil, China | 2,562,314 | ND | 66.4 | 2,750 | 47 | 2 |
Smallest genome/plasmid sequences and GC content are underlined whereas the largest are in bold.
*
Complete genome; ND-Not determined.