Metallosphaera cuprina Ar-4

Names Metallosphaera cuprina Ar-4
Accession numbers NC_015435
Background This strain is new species of the genus Metallosphaera that was isolated from the muddy water of a sulfuric hot spring in Yunnan province, China. (NCBI BioProject: bp_list[1])
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Archaea
Phylum:Crenarchaeota
Class:Thermoprotei
Order:Sulfolobales
Family:Sulfolobaceae
Genus:Metallosphaera
Species:cuprina
Strain Ar-4
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (13-APR-2011) Environmental Microbiology Research Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road,
(25-APR-2011) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method Sanger
Isolation site sulfuric hot spring in Tengchong, Yunnan, China
Isolation country China
Number of replicons 1
Gram staining properties NA
Shape Cocci
Mobility Yes
Flagellar presence NA
Number of membranes NA
Oxygen requirements Facultative
Optimal temperature NA
Temperature range Thermophilic
Habitat Fresh water, Hot spring
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name NA
Cell arrangement NA
Sporulation NA
Metabolism NA
Energy source Chemolithoautotroph
Diseases NA
Pathogenicity NA