General

@ref: 18046

BacDive-ID: 16859

DSM-Number: 25543

keywords: genome sequence, 16S sequence, Archaea, anaerobe, hyperthermophilic

description: Pyrococcus abyssi GE5 is an anaerobe, hyperthermophilic archaeon that was isolated from hydrothermal vent fluid, 2000 m depth.

NCBI tax id

• NCBI tax id: 29292
• Matching level: species

strain history

• @ref: 18046
• history: <- G. Erauso, Lab. Microbiol. de l'IRD/ESIL, Univ. de Provence et de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France; GE5

doi: 10.13145/bacdive16859.20230509.8.1

Name and taxonomic classification

LPSN

• @ref: 20215
• description: domain/archaea
• keyword: phylum/methanobacteriota
• domain: Archaea
• phylum: Methanobacteriota
• class: Thermococci
• order: Thermococcales
• family: Thermococcaceae
• genus: Pyrococcus
• species: Pyrococcus abyssi
• full scientific name: Pyrococcus abyssi Erauso et al. 1993

@ref: 18046

domain: Archaea

phylum: Euryarchaeota

class: Thermococci

order: Thermococcales

family: Thermococcaceae

genus: Pyrococcus

species: Pyrococcus abyssi

full scientific name: Pyrococcus abyssi Erauso et al. 1993

strain designation: GE5

type strain: no

Culture and growth conditions

culture medium

• @ref: 18046
• name: STETTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 795)
• growth: yes
• link: https://mediadive.dsmz.de/medium/795
• composition: Name: STETTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 795) Composition: Sulfur 9.82318 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 5.40275 g/l Peptone 1.96464 g/l Yeast extract 0.982318 g/l KCl 0.638507 g/l Na2S x 9 H2O 0.491159 g/l KH2PO4 0.491159 g/l NaHCO3 0.157171 g/l NaBr 0.0982318 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0442043 g/l Nitrilotriacetic acid 0.0221022 g/l SrCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0147348 g/l NaCl 0.0147348 g/l Na3-citrate 0.00982318 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.00736739 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 0.00294695 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00265226 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00265226 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00147348 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.00147348 g/l Sodium resazurin 0.000491159 g/l AlK(SO4)2 x 12 H2O 0.000294695 g/l H3BO3 0.000147348 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 0.000147348 g/l CuSO4 x 5 H2O 0.000147348 g/l KI 4.91159e-05 g/l Na2WO4 x 2 H2O 5.89391e-06 g/l Na2SeO3 x 5 H2O 4.42043e-06 g/l Distilled water

culture temp

• @ref: 18046
• growth: positive
• type: growth
• temperature: 90
• range: hyperthermophilic

Physiology and metabolism

oxygen tolerance

• @ref: 18046
• oxygen tolerance: anaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

isolation

• @ref: 18046
• sample type: hydrothermal vent fluid, 2000 m depth
• geographic location: Pacific Ocean, North Fiji Bassin
• country: Kiribati
• origin.country: KIR
• continent: Australia and Oceania
• latitude: -1.9833
• longitude: 173.083

isolation source categories

Sequence information

16S sequences

• @ref: 18046
• description: Pyrococcus abyssi strain GE5 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
• accession: AY099167
• length: 1451
• database: ena
• NCBI tax ID: 272844

Genome sequences

GC content

• @ref: 18046
• GC-content: 44.7
• method: sequence analysis

External links

@ref: 18046

culture collection no.: DSM 25543, CNCM I-1302

Reference