Thermus is a
genus of
thermophilicbacteria. It is one of several bacteria belonging to the Deinococcota phylum. According to comparative analysis of
16S rRNA, this is one the most ancient group of bacteria [1]Thermus species can be distinguished from other genera in the family Thermaceae as well as all other bacteria by the presence of eight
conserved signature indels found in proteins such as
adenylate kinase and
replicative DNA helicase as well as 14 conserved signature proteins that are exclusively shared by members of this genus.[2]
The strains of the genus Thermus are generally isolated from hydrothermal areas where the range of water temperature is 55–70 °C and that of pH is 5.0–10.5.[27]
The first isolate of the genus Thermus was isolated from hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park.[5] Later on more isolates were obtained from several hydrothermal areas worldwide,[27] such as in Japan,[28][29] Iceland,[30] New Zealand, New Mexico or the Australian Artesian Basin.
^Manaia, Célia M.; Hoste, Bart; Carmen Gutierrez, M.; Gillis, Monique; Ventosa, Antonio; Kersters, Karel; Da Costa, Milton S. (1995-02-01). "Halotolerant Thermus Strains from Marine and Terrestrial Hot Springs Belong to Thermus thermophilus (ex Oshima and Imahori, 1974) nom. rev. emend". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 17 (4): 526–532.
doi:
10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80072-X.
^Vajna, B.; Kanizsai, S.; Keki, Z.; Marialigeti, K.; Schumann, P.; Toth, E. M. (2012-07-01). "Thermus composti sp. nov., isolated from oyster mushroom compost". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (Pt 7): 1486–1490.
doi:
10.1099/ijs.0.030866-0.
PMID21856987.
^Zhang, X. Q.; Ying, Y.; Ye, Y.; Xu, X. W.; Zhu, X. F.; Wu, M. (2010-04-01). "Thermus arciformis sp. nov., a thermophilic species from a geothermal area". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (4): 834–839.
doi:
10.1099/ijs.0.007690-0.
PMID19661520.
^Kristjánsson, Jakob; Hjörleifsdóttir, Sigrídur; Marteinsson, Viggó; Alfredsson, Gudni (1994). "Thermus scotoductus, sp. nov., a Pigment-Producing Thermophilic Bacterium from Hot Tap Water in Iceland and Including Thermus sp. X-1". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 17 (1): 44–50.
doi:
10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80030-5.
Thermus is a
genus of
thermophilicbacteria. It is one of several bacteria belonging to the Deinococcota phylum. According to comparative analysis of
16S rRNA, this is one the most ancient group of bacteria [1]Thermus species can be distinguished from other genera in the family Thermaceae as well as all other bacteria by the presence of eight
conserved signature indels found in proteins such as
adenylate kinase and
replicative DNA helicase as well as 14 conserved signature proteins that are exclusively shared by members of this genus.[2]
The strains of the genus Thermus are generally isolated from hydrothermal areas where the range of water temperature is 55–70 °C and that of pH is 5.0–10.5.[27]
The first isolate of the genus Thermus was isolated from hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park.[5] Later on more isolates were obtained from several hydrothermal areas worldwide,[27] such as in Japan,[28][29] Iceland,[30] New Zealand, New Mexico or the Australian Artesian Basin.
^Manaia, Célia M.; Hoste, Bart; Carmen Gutierrez, M.; Gillis, Monique; Ventosa, Antonio; Kersters, Karel; Da Costa, Milton S. (1995-02-01). "Halotolerant Thermus Strains from Marine and Terrestrial Hot Springs Belong to Thermus thermophilus (ex Oshima and Imahori, 1974) nom. rev. emend". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 17 (4): 526–532.
doi:
10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80072-X.
^Vajna, B.; Kanizsai, S.; Keki, Z.; Marialigeti, K.; Schumann, P.; Toth, E. M. (2012-07-01). "Thermus composti sp. nov., isolated from oyster mushroom compost". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (Pt 7): 1486–1490.
doi:
10.1099/ijs.0.030866-0.
PMID21856987.
^Zhang, X. Q.; Ying, Y.; Ye, Y.; Xu, X. W.; Zhu, X. F.; Wu, M. (2010-04-01). "Thermus arciformis sp. nov., a thermophilic species from a geothermal area". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (4): 834–839.
doi:
10.1099/ijs.0.007690-0.
PMID19661520.
^Kristjánsson, Jakob; Hjörleifsdóttir, Sigrídur; Marteinsson, Viggó; Alfredsson, Gudni (1994). "Thermus scotoductus, sp. nov., a Pigment-Producing Thermophilic Bacterium from Hot Tap Water in Iceland and Including Thermus sp. X-1". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 17 (1): 44–50.
doi:
10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80030-5.