Coprothermobacter proteolyticus DSM 5265

Names Coprothermobacter proteolyticus DSM 5265
Accession numbers NC_011295
Background Coprothermobacter proteolyticus (strain ATCC 35245 / DSM 5265 / BT) is a rod-shaped, anaerobic, thermophilic proteolytic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from a thermophilic digestor that was fermenting tannery wastes and cattle manure. This organism was originally classified as Thermobacteroides proteolyticus and subsequently assigned to the new genus of Coprothermobacter. C. proteolyticus has an optimum temperature for growth of 63 degrees Celsius. It is phylogenetically related (96.3 % sequence similarity) to Coprothermobacter platensis (a moderately thermophilic bacterium), and both show similar morphology and fermentation products. Both can reduce thiosulfate to sulfide with glucose as substrate. The thiosulfate addition clearly stimulates glucose utilization and growth. Anaerobic digestion is increasingly used for carbon decontamination of agroindustrial wastewaters. Proteins are frequently a major component of'such wastes, and their degradation, initiated by extracellular proteases, is often incomplete. The vast majority of full-scale digestors are mesophilic, however thermophilic treatment is also being explored as it may have advantages, especially for effluents produced at high temperature (adapted from PubMed 9828430). (EBI Integr8)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Firmicutes
Class:Clostridia
Order:Thermoanaerobacterales
Family:Thermodesulfobiaceae
Genus:Coprothermobacter
Species:proteolyticus
Strain DSM 5265
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (26-SEP-2008) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
(29-AUG-2008) The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method NA
Isolation site tannery waste containing cattle manure
Isolation country France
Number of replicons 1
Gram staining properties Negative
Shape Bacilli
Mobility No
Flagellar presence Yes
Number of membranes 1
Oxygen requirements Anaerobic
Optimal temperature 63.0
Temperature range Thermophilic
Habitat Specialized
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name NA
Cell arrangement Pairs, Singles
Sporulation Nonsporulating
Metabolism Acetogen
Energy source NA
Diseases NA
Pathogenicity No