Name: Thermus igniterrae RF-4
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 16727

Type strain:

Species: Thermus igniterrae

Strain Designation: RF-4

Culture col. no.: DSM 12459, JCM 19899, ATCC 700962, BCRC 17264

Strain history: DSM 12459 <-- M. S. da Costa RF-4.

NCBI tax ID(s): 1123388 (strain), 88189 (species)

SI-ID 44231

ATCC 700962, DSM 12459, BCRC 17264, CCRC 17264

Special Collections

DSMZ
JCM

Other strains from Thermus igniterrae

Section

Thermus igniterrae RF-4 is a Gram-negative bacterium that was isolated from hot spring.

Gram-negative
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Deinococcota*
	Class	*Deinococci*
	Order	*Thermales*
	Family	*Thermaceae*
	Genus	*Thermus*
	Species	**Thermus igniterrae**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Thermus igniterrae Chung et al. 2000

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MODIFIED THERMUS 162 MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 630)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

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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 at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #4727]			growth	70 °C
[Ref.: #67770]			growth	70 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Ability of spore formation

no Confidence in %100

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

[Ref.: #4727]	Sample type/isolated from	hot spring
[Ref.: #4727]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Rykyaflot
[Ref.: #4727]	Country	Iceland
[Ref.: #4727]	Country ISO 3 Code	ISL
[Ref.: #4727]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Hot springs at Reykyaflot in Iceland
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Isolation sources categories

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

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence Y18406 (>99% sequence identity) for Thermus igniterrae subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	678
Soil Samples	141
Animal Samples	1084
Plant Samples	114
Total Samples	2017

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

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #4727]	Thermus igniterrae 16S rRNA gene, strain RF-4T	Y18406	1472	GenBank ENA	1123388 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Thermus igniterrae ATCC 700962	GCA_000376265	contig	GenBank ENA	1123388 tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Thermus igniterrae ATCC 700962	1123388.3	wgs	PATRIC	1123388 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Thermus igniterrae ATCC 700962	2515154172	draft	JGI IMG/M	1123388 tax ID	*

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GC-content

70.3 mol%

high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Thermus igniterrae ATCC 700962 PATRIC: 1123388.3
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	100	no

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Thermus igniterrae ATCC 700962 PATRIC: 1123388.3
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	76.237	no
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	77.774	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	74.081	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	67.238	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	yes	75.786	no
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	79.864	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 12459, JCM 19899, ATCC 700962, BCRC 17264

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SI-ID 44231

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Thermus thermamylovorans sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring.	Ming H, Zhao ZL, Ji WL, Ding CL, Cheng LJ, Niu MM, Li M, Yi BF, Xia TT, Nie GX	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.003965	2020	*
Phylogeny	Thermus islandicus sp. nov., a mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from the Torfajokull geothermal area.	Bjornsdottir SH, Petursdottir SK, Hreggvidsson GO, Skirnisdottir S, Hjorleifsdottir S, Arnfinnsson J, Kristjansson JK	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.007013-0	2009	*
Phylogeny	Thermus igniterrae sp. nov. and Thermus antranikianii sp. nov., two new species from Iceland.	Chung AP, Rainey FA, Valente M, Nobre MF, da Costa MS	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/00207713-50-1-209	2000	*

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 12459

#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 )

#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;

#69479

João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#85746

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID44231.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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