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Genome Information for Thermotoga maritima
Thermotoga maritima strain MSB8. This hyperthermophilic organism was originally isolated from a geothermal marine area near Vulcano, Italy. More...
Thermotoga maritima strain MSB8. This hyperthermophilic organism was originally isolated from a geothermal marine area near Vulcano, Italy. Strain MSB8 is the type strain. It is representative of a very deep branch of eubacteria and a very large portion of the genome, 24% of all ORFs, is similar to archaeal genes, suggesting horizontal gene transfer, a hypothesis supported by the fact that many regions of the chromosome containing these genes have a significantly different composition as compared to the rest of the genome. This organism appears to live in a rich environment as it encodes a large number of transporters, both for import and export, of complex substrates such as carbohydrates, including a type II secretion system that may be used to export extracellular enzymes for degradation of biopolymers. Less...
| Accession | PRJNA57723 |
| Data Type | RefSeq Genome |
| Scope | Monoisolate |
| Organism | Thermotoga maritima MSB8[Taxonomy ID: 243274] Bacteria; Thermotogae; Thermotogales; Thermotogaceae; Thermotoga; Thermotoga maritima; Thermotoga maritima MSB8 |
| Publications | Nelson KE et al., "Evidence for lateral gene transfer between Archaea and bacteria from genome sequence of Thermotoga maritima.", Nature, 1999 May 27;399(6734):323-9 |
| Submission | Registration date: 21-Oct-2010
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