Thermomicrobium roseum DSM 5159

Names Thermomicrobium roseum DSM 5159
Accession numbers NC_011959, NC_011961
Background T.roseum is a non-motile, red-pigmented, rod-shaped, Gram-negative extreme thermophile. The type strain, DSM 5159 was isolated from Toadstool Spring, an alkaline siliceous hot spring in Yellowstone National Park USA. It grows optimally at 70-75 degrees C and pH 8.2-8.5. It possesses both an atypical cell wall dominated by a protein rich in proline, glutamate, glycine, and alanine, and an unusual cell membrane that is composed entirely of long-chain 1,2-diols. It contains a small amount of peptidoglycan which is probably essential as T.roseum is sensitive to penicillin. T. roseum is a deep-branching member of the Chloroflexi and analysis of its genome provides insights into the evolution of the Chloroflexi. It has a chromosome of just over 2 Mb and a megaplasmid of just under 1Mb. It is not photosynthetic but can use CO, and possibly H(2) as sources of both ATP and NADPH. Intriguingly the megaplasmid encodes what seems to be a complete flagellar apparatus, although this bacterium is not known to be motile, and it has a considerable number of genes predicted to be involved in chemotaxis (adapted from PubMed 19148287). (EBI Integr8)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Chloroflexi
Class:Thermomicrobia
Order:Thermomicrobiales
Family:Thermomicrobiaceae
Genus:Thermomicrobium
Species:roseum
Strain DSM5159
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (04-DEC-2008) J. Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
(22-JAN-2009) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method NA
Isolation site Toadstool Spring in Yellowstone National Park
Isolation country USA
Number of replicons 2
Gram staining properties Negative
Shape Bacilli
Mobility No
Flagellar presence No
Number of membranes 1
Oxygen requirements Aerobic
Optimal temperature 70.0
Temperature range Thermophilic
Habitat Specialized
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name NA
Cell arrangement Pairs, Singles
Sporulation Nonsporulating
Metabolism NA
Energy source NA
Diseases NA
Pathogenicity No