Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 16717

Type strain: Yes

Species: Thermus thermophilus

Strain Designation: HB8

Culture col. no.: DSM 579, ATCC 27634, JCM 10941, CGMCC 1.6492, NBRC 101084, NCIMB 11244, CIP 110185

Strain history: CIP <- 2010, DSMZ <- T. Oshima: strain HB8

NCBI tax ID(s): 300852 (strain), 274 (species)

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Thermus thermophilus HB8 is a facultative anaerobe, thermophilic, Gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from hot spring.

  1. Gram-negative
  2. rod-shaped
  3. facultative anaerobe
  4. thermophilic
  5. 16S sequence
  6. Bacteria
  7. genome sequence
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  • [Ref.: #297] Culture collection no. DSM 579, ATCC 27634, JCM 10941, CGMCC 1.6492, NBRC 101084, NCIMB 11244, CIP 110185
    [Ref.: #85736] *
    Literature:
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    Metabolism In vitro synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates using thermostable acetyl-CoA synthetase, CoA transferase, and PHA synthase from thermotorelant bacteria. Tajima K, Han X, Hashimoto Y, Satoh Y, Satoh T, Taguchi S J Biosci Bioeng 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.06.001 2016 *
    Enzymology Molecular cloning, expression, and site-directed mutagenesis of inorganic pyrophosphatase from Thermus thermophilus HB8. Satoh T, Samejima T, Watanabe M, Nogi S, Takahashi Y, Kaji H, Teplyakov A, Obmolova G, Kuranova I, Ishii K J Biochem 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022100 1998 *
    Enzymology Effect of various compounds on enkephalin hydrolysis by an aminopeptidase from the thermophiles Thermomonospora fusca ATCC 27730 and Thermus thermophilus ATCC 27634. Weiss B, Hui M, Lajtha A Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol 1983 *
    Enzymology Simple, fast, and efficient process for producing and purifying trehalulose. Wei Y, Liang J, Huang Y, Lei P, Du L, Huang R Food Chem 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.11.115 2012 *
    Cultivation Anaerobic growth, a property horizontally transferred by an Hfr-like mechanism among extreme thermophiles. Ramirez-Arcos S, Fernandez-Herrero LA, Marin I, Berenguer J J Bacteriol 10.1128/JB.180.12.3137-3143.1998 1998 *

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