Name: Thermococcus marinus EJ1
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 16883

Type strain:

Species: Thermococcus marinus

Strain Designation: EJ1

Culture col. no.: DSM 15227, JCM 11825

Strain history: E. Jolivet EJ1.

NCBI tax ID(s): 187879 (species)

Section

Thermococcus marinus EJ1 is an anaerobe, hyperthermophilic archaeon that was isolated from chimney of hydrothermal vent .

anaerobe
hyperthermophilic
16S sequence
Archaea

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Archaea"
	Phylum	*Methanobacteriota*
	Class	*Thermococci*
	Order	*Thermococcales*
	Family	*Thermococcaceae*
	Genus	*Thermococcus*
	Species	"Thermococcus marinus"
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Thermococcus marinus Jolivet et al. 2004

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MARINE THERMOCOCCUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 760)

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Culture medium

YPS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 990)

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	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #5767]			growth	88 °C
[Ref.: #67770]			growth	85 °C

[Ref.: #5767]	Temperature range	hyperthermophilic
[Ref.: #67770]	Temperature range	hyperthermophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

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

[Ref.: #5767]	Sample type/isolated from	chimney of hydrothermal vent (deep-sea)
[Ref.: #5767]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Mid Atlantic Ridge (Snake pit site 23°22`N 44°57`W)
[Ref.: #5767]	Geographic location	23.3667°/-44.9500°

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Chimney-wall from Snakepit hydrothermal site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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Isolation sources categories

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

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Global distribution of 16S sequence AF479012 (>99% sequence identity) for Thermococcus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1
Soil Samples
Animal Samples
Plant Samples
Total Samples	1

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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.: #5767]	Thermococcus marinus 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF479012	1493	ENA	187879 tax ID

[Ref.: #5767]	GC-content	52.3 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	52.3 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 15227, JCM 11825

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Thermococcus marinus sp. nov. and Thermococcus radiotolerans sp. nov., two hyperthermophilic archaea from deep-sea hydrothermal vents that resist ionizing radiation.	Jolivet E, Corre E, L'Haridon S, Forterre P, Prieur D	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-004-0380-9	2004	*

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15227

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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;

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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 .

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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