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"Thermococcus onnurineus" (KCTC 10859, JCM 13517)

BacDive ID 161372

Type strain

Culture col. no. KCTC 10859 JCM 13517

NCBI tax ID(s) 342948

Special Collections JCM KCTC

History JCM <-- J.-H. Lee NA1.

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"Thermococcus onnurineus" JCM 13517 is an archaeon that was isolated from Deep-sea hydrothermal vent area within the Papua New Guinea-Australia-Canada-Manus field.

genome sequence 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 394416

JCM 13517

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:44:40

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Thermococci

Order Thermococcales

Family Thermococcaceae

Genus Thermococcus

Species "Thermococcus onnurineus"

Full scientific name Thermococcus onnurineus Bae et al. 2006

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
67770	positive	growth	80

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate anaerobe	99.278

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.88

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

67770

Sample typeDeep-sea hydrothermal vent area (1,650 m in depth) within the Papua New Guinea-Australia-Canada-Manus (PACMANUS) field

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM1836v1 assembly for Thermococcus onnurineus NA1	complete	GCA_000018365	523850.10	643348580	523850	99.07

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Thermococcus onnurineus strain NA1 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ167232	1457		523850

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	52	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1836v1 assembly for Thermococcus onnurineus NA1
NCBI: GCA_000018365

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	65.73	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate anaerobe	99.28	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	64.93	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.88	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	An archaeal transcription factor EnfR with a novel 'eighth note' fold controls hydrogen production of a hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus onnurineus NA1.	Bae DW, Lee SH, Park JH, Son SY, Lin Y, Lee JH, Jang BR, Lee KH, Lee YH, Lee HS, Kang SG, Kim BS, Cha SS.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/gkad699	2023
Metabolism	Direct Electron Transfer between the frhAGB-Encoded Hydrogenase and Thioredoxin Reductase in the Nonmethanogenic Archaeon Thermococcus onnurineus NA1.	Jung HC, Lim JK, Yang TJ, Kang SG, Lee HS.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02630-19	2020
Enzymology	Biohydrogen production of obligate anaerobic archaeon Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 under oxic conditions via overexpression of frhAGB-encoding hydrogenase genes.	Lee SH, Kim MS, Kang SG, Lee HS.	Biotechnol Biofuels	10.1186/s13068-019-1365-3	2019
Metabolism	Adaptive evolution of a hyperthermophilic archaeon pinpoints a formate transporter as a critical factor for the growth enhancement on formate.	Jung HC, Lee SH, Lee SM, An YJ, Lee JH, Lee HS, Kang SG.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-017-05424-8	2017
Metabolism	CO-dependent H2 production by genetically engineered Thermococcus onnurineus NA1.	Kim MS, Bae SS, Kim YJ, Kim TW, Lim JK, Lee SH, Choi AR, Jeon JH, Lee JH, Lee HS, Kang SG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.03298-12	2013
Metabolism	Energy conservation by oxidation of formate to carbon dioxide and hydrogen via a sodium ion current in a hyperthermophilic archaeon.	Lim JK, Mayer F, Kang SG, Muller V.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.1407056111	2014
Metabolism	Thermodynamics of formate-oxidizing metabolism and implications for H2 production.	Lim JK, Bae SS, Kim TW, Lee JH, Lee HS, Kang SG.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.01316-12	2012
	Biogeography and evolution of Thermococcus isolates from hydrothermal vent systems of the Pacific.	Price MT, Fullerton H, Moyer CL.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2015.00968	2015

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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"Thermococcus onnurineus" (KCTC 10859, JCM 13517)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000018365

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

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