Name: Thermus thermophilus RQ-1
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 16720

Type strain:

Species: Thermus thermophilus

Strain Designation: RQ-1

Culture col. no.: DSM 9247

Strain history: <- M. da Costa <- M. A. Santos

NCBI tax ID(s): 274 (species)

Other strains from Thermus thermophilus

T. thermophilus HB8, DSM 579, ATCC 27634, JCM 10941, ... (type strain)
T. thermophilus AT-62, DSM 674, ATCC 33923
T. thermophilus HB27, DSM 7039, ATCC BAA 163
T. thermophilus PRQ-15, DSM 9248
T. thermophilus HB8-plmd, DSM 46338, IMET 11323
T. thermophilus SA1, SAMU, DSM 15284
T. thermophilus JCM 10668
T. thermophilus JCM 33047
T. thermophilus JCM 33048
T. thermophilus JCM 33999

Section

Thermus thermophilus RQ-1 is a hyperthermophilic bacterium that was isolated from hot spring, cliff.

hyperthermophilic
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	07-12-2022 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Deinococcota*
	Class	*Deinococci*
	Order	*Thermales*
	Family	*Thermaceae*
	Genus	*Thermus*
	Species	**Thermus thermophilus**
	Full Scientific Name (PNU)	Thermus thermophilus (ex Oshima and Imahori 1974) Manaia et al. 1995

Synonym

"Thermus thermophilus"

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

THERMUS 162 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 878)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe provided by DSMZ

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #3525]			growth	80 °C

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Temperature range

hyperthermophilic

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #3525]	Sample type/isolated from	hot spring, cliff
[Ref.: #3525]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Ribeira Quente, S. Miguel
[Ref.: #3525]	Country	Portugal
[Ref.: #3525]	Country ISO 3 Code	PRT
[Ref.: #3525]	Continent	Europe
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Aquatic	#Thermal spring
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Geologic
#Condition	#Thermophilic (>45°C)	-

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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 9247

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Associated Passport(s) in StrainInfo

161374

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Mannosylglycerate is essential for osmotic adjustment in Thermus thermophilus strains HB27 and RQ-1.	Alarico S, Empadinhas N, Mingote A, Simoes C, Santos MS, da Costa MS	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-007-0106-x	2007	*
Biotechnology	High yield of mannosylglycerate production by upshock fermentation and bacterial milking of trehalose-deficient mutant Thermus thermophilus RQ-1.	Egorova K, Grudieva T, Morinez C, Kube J, Santos H, da Costa MS, Antranikian G	Appl Microbiol Biotechnol	10.1007/s00253-007-0915-y	2007	*
Enzymology	Trehalose biosynthesis in Thermus thermophilus RQ-1: biochemical properties of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase.	Silva Z, Alarico S, da Costa MS	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-004-0421-4	2004	*
Metabolism	Osmotic adaptation of Thermus thermophilus RQ-1: lesson from a mutant deficient in synthesis of trehalose.	Silva Z, Alarico S, Nobre A, Horlacher R, Marugg J, Boos W, Mingote AI, da Costa MS	J Bacteriol	10.1128/JB.185.20.5943-5952.2003	2003	*

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 9247

#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 )

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