Saccharolobus solfataricus (DSM 1617, JCM 11322, P2)

Name: Saccharolobus solfataricus (DSM 1617, JCM 11322, P2)
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BacDive ID 16651

Type strain

Strain Designation P2

Culture col. no. DSM 1617 JCM 11322 P2 ATCC 35092

NCBI tax ID(s) 2287

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History DSMZ <- W. Zillig, P2 JCM <-- DSM 1617 <-- W. Zillig P2.

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Saccharolobus solfataricus P2 is an archaeon that was isolated from volcanic hot spring.

genome sequence 16S sequence Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 40868

ATCC 35092,DSM 1617,JCM 11322,KCTC 4002,BCRC 17226,CCRC 17226

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:28:49

Domain Archaea

Phylum Thermoproteota

Class Thermoprotei

Order Sulfolobales

Family Sulfolobaceae

Genus Saccharolobus

Species Saccharolobus solfataricus

Full scientific name Saccharolobus solfataricus (Zillig et al. 1980) Sakai and Kurosawa 2018

Synonyms (1)

Sulfolobus solfataricus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Saccharolobus solfataricus** (4)	Type strain
16650	S. solfataricus P1, DSM 1616, ATCC 35091, JCM 8930, IFO 15158, ... (type strain)
16652	S. solfataricus P1, P1-G, DSM 5354
16653	S. solfataricus MT-4, DSM 5833
163905	S. solfataricus JCM 30930

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
832	SACCHAROLOBUS SOLFATARICUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 182)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: SACCHAROLOBUS SOLFATARICUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 182) Composition: KH2PO4 3.1 g/l (NH4)2SO4 2.5 g/l Casamino acids 1.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.25 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 0.2 g/l Na2B4O7 x 10 H2O 0.0045 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.0018 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.00022 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 5e-05 g/l VOSO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l CoSO4 x 7 H2O 1e-05 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
832	positive	growth	70
67770	positive	growth	70

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Thermal spring
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Volcanic
#Condition	#Thermophilic (>45°C)	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
832	volcanic hot spring	Campi flegrei, Pisciarelli near Agnano	Italy	ITA	Europe
67770	Volcanic hot spring at Pisciarelli Solfatara		Italy	ITA	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
832	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM700v1 assembly for Saccharolobus solfataricus P2	complete	GCA_000007005	273057.12	638154518	273057	97.38

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Sulfolobus solfataricus 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene	L36991	527		2287

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
832	35	sequence analysis

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM700v1 assembly for Saccharolobus solfataricus P2
NCBI: GCA_000007005

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	86.76	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	64.83	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	40.77	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	77.64	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Saccharolobus solfataricus P2 P2
NCBI: GCA_000007005.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	71.24	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	53.68	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	52.21	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	86.88	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	yes	78.94	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	86.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	k_La based scale-up cultivation of the extremophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius: from benchtop to pilot scale.	Rastadter K, Wurm DJ, Spadiut O, Quehenberger J.	Front Bioeng Biotechnol	10.3389/fbioe.2023.1160012	2023
Genetics	Chalcopyrite bioleaching efficacy by extremely thermoacidophilic archaea leverages balanced iron and sulfur biooxidation.	Manesh MJH, Willard DJ, John KM, Kelly RM.	Bioresour Technol	10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131198	2024
	Genomic analysis of Oceanotoga teriensis strain UFV_LIMV02, a multidrug-resistant thermophilic bacterium isolated from an offshore oil reservoir.	Santos AJDC, Dias RS, da Silva CHM, Vidigal PMP, de Sousa MP, da Silva CC, de Paula SO.	Access Microbiol	10.1099/acmi.0.000801.v3	2024
	Molecular Cloning, Characterization, and Application of a Novel Multifunctional Isoamylase (MIsA) from Myxococcus sp. Strain V11.	Feng S, Zhang W, Liu J, Hu Y, Wu J, Ni G, Wang F.	Foods	10.3390/foods13213481	2024
Enzymology	Identification of substrate-binding and selectivity-related residues of maltooligosyltrehalose synthase from the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092.	Tseng WC, Lin CR, Hung XG, Wei TY, Chen YC, Fang TY	Enzyme Microb Technol	10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.01.003	2014
Metabolism	Identification of the essential catalytic residues and selectivity-related residues of maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase from the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092.	Fang TY, Tseng WC, Shih TY, Wang MY	J Agric Food Chem	10.1021/jf073320b	2008
Metabolism	TreX from Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092 displays isoamylase and 4-alpha-glucanotransferase activities.	Park HS, Park JT, Kang HK, Cha H, Kim DS, Kim JW, Park KH	Biosci Biotechnol Biochem	10.1271/bbb.70016	2007
Enzymology	Expression, purification, and characterization of the maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase from the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092.	Fang TY, Tseng WC, Guo MS, Shih TY, Hung XG	J Agric Food Chem	10.1021/jf061318z	2006
	Effects of exogenous compatible solutes on growth of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.	Park CB, Lee SB	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/s1389-1723(00)88952-5	2000
	Inhibitory effect of mineral ion accumulation on high density growth of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.	Park CB, Lee SB	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1016/s1389-1723(99)80038-3	1999
Enzymology	Highly enantioselective stereo-inverting sec-alkylsulfatase activity of hyperthermophilic Archaea.	Wallner SR, Nestl BM, Faber K	Org Biomol Chem	10.1039/b504883d	2005
Metabolism	Characterization of the trehalosyl dextrin-forming enzyme from the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus ATCC 35092.	Fang TY, Hung XG, Shih TY, Tseng WC	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-004-0393-4	2004
Enzymology	A new type of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, type 1S, from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.	Sorensen G, Dandanell G	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-001-0249-0	2002
Enzymology	Identification and sequence analysis of Sulfolobus solfataricus purE and purK genes.	Sorensen IS, Dandanell G	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12640.x	1997
Enzymology	Cloning and overexpression in Escherichia coli of the genes encoding NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from two Sulfolobus species.	Cannio R, Fiorentino G, Carpinelli P, Rossi M, Bartolucci S	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.178.1.301-305.1996	1996
Enzymology	Thermostable NAD(+)-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from Sulfolobus solfataricus: gene and protein sequence determination and relationship to other alcohol dehydrogenases.	Ammendola S, Raia CA, Caruso C, Camardella L, D'Auria S, De Rosa M, Rossi M	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi00164a031	1992

References

#832	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 1617
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#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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Saccharolobus solfataricus (DSM 1617, JCM 11322, P2)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_000007005

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

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