Thermoplasma volcanium (DSM 4299, ATCC 51530, GSS 1)

Name: Thermoplasma volcanium (DSM 4299, ATCC 51530, GSS 1)
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BacDive ID 17018

Type strain

Strain Designation GSS 1, GSS1

Culture col. no. DSM 4299 ATCC 51530 GSS 1 GSS1 JCM 9571 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 50339

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

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Thermoplasma volcanium GSS 1 is a thermophilic prokaryote that was isolated from acid continental solfatara.

thermophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 46417

ATCC 51530,DSM 4299,JCM 9571,IFO 15438,NBRC 15438

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:50:59

Domain Methanobacteriati

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Thermoplasmata

Order Thermoplasmatales

Family Thermoplasmataceae

Genus Thermoplasma

Species Thermoplasma volcanium

Full scientific name Thermoplasma volcanium Segerer et al. 1988

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Thermoplasma volcanium** (2)	Type strain
17019	T. volcanium KD 3, DSM 4300, JCM 9572, IFO 15439, NBRC ...
17020	T. volcanium KO 2, DSM 4301

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1643	THERMOPLASMA VOLCANIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 398)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: THERMOPLASMA VOLCANIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 398) Composition: Glucose 5.0 g/l Sulfur 4.0 g/l KH2PO4 3.0 g/l Yeast extract 1.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 1.0 g/l CaCl2 x 2 H2O 0.25 g/l (NH4)2SO4 0.2 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
1643	positive	growth	60	thermophilic
67770	positive	growth	60	thermophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Volcanic
#Condition	#Acidic	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1643	acid continental solfatara	Vulcano island	Italy	ITA	Europe
67770	Solfatara, Vulcano	Porto di Levante	Italy	ITA	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1643	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	ASM1118v1 assembly for Thermoplasma volcanium GSS1	complete	GCA_000011185	273116.8	638154522	273116	98.74

Genome browser: GCA_000011185

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Thermoplasma volcanium 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF339746	1402		50339
20218	Thermoplasma volcanium partial 16S rRNA gene, strain GSS1	AJ299215	1411		50339

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)
1643	38.0
67770	38

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Thermoplasma volcanium GSS1
IMG: 638154522

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	53.00	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	51.20	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	variable	73.50	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	anaerobe	74.60	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Thermoplasma volcanium GSS1 GSS1
NCBI: GCA_000011185.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	60.82	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	54.47	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	65.98	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.35	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	yes	65.31	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	87.60	no

Literature

Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Nanobody mediated crystallization of an archeal mechanosensitive channel.	Low C, Yau YH, Pardon E, Jegerschold C, Wahlin L, Quistgaard EM, Moberg P, Geifman-Shochat S, Steyaert J, Nordlund P.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0077984	2013
Isolation and characterization of flagella and flagellin proteins from the Thermoacidophilic archaea Thermoplasma volcanium and Sulfolobus shibatae.	Faguy DM, Bayley DP, Kostyukova AS, Thomas NA, Jarrell KF.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.178.3.902-905.1996	1996
Reverse gyrase, a hallmark of the hyperthermophilic archaebacteria.	Bouthier de la Tour C, Portemer C, Nadal M, Stetter KO, Forterre P, Duguet M.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.172.12.6803-6808.1990	1990
Noncellulosomal cohesin- and dockerin-like modules in the three domains of life.	Peer A, Smith SP, Bayer EA, Lamed R, Borovok I.	FEMS Microbiol Lett	10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01420.x	2009
Characterization of a Thermostable 8-Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase Specific for GO/N Mismatches from the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma volcanium.	Fujii M, Hata C, Ukita M, Fukushima C, Matsuura C, Kawashima-Ohya Y, Tomobe K, Kawashima T.	Archaea	10.1155/2016/8734894	2016

References

#1643	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 4299
#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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Thermoplasma volcanium (DSM 4299, ATCC 51530, GSS 1)

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_000011185

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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