Name: Thermoproteus tenax DSM 2078
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 17031

Type strain:

Species: Thermoproteus tenax

Culture col. no.: DSM 2078, ATCC 35583, JCM 9277, Kra 1, NBRC 100435

Strain history: DSM 2078 <-- W. Zillig Kra1.

NCBI tax ID(s): 768679 (strain), 2271 (species)

SI-ID 41172

ATCC 35583, DSM 2078, JCM 9277, NBRC 100435

Special Collections

DSMZ
JCM

Section

Thermoproteus tenax DSM 2078 is an anaerobe archaeon that was isolated from mud hole, solfataric field.

anaerobe
16S sequence
Archaea
genome sequence

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

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Archaea"
	Phylum	*Thermoproteota*
	Class	*Thermoprotei*
	Order	*Thermoproteales*
	Family	*Thermoproteaceae*
	Genus	*Thermoproteus*
	Species	**Thermoproteus tenax**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Thermoproteus tenax Zillig and Stetter 1982

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

THERMOPROTEUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 185)

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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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	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #713]			growth	85 °C
[Ref.: #67770]			growth	85 °C

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

anaerobe

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Observation

quinones: MK-6(H₁₂), MK-5(H₁₀), MK-4(H₈), MK-6(H₁₀), MK-5(H₈), MK-4(H₆), MMK-6(H₁₂), MMK-5(H₁₀)

	Pathway	Enzyme coverage	Annotated reactions
	Pathway annotation	Computationally determined by
[Ref.: #66794]	formaldehyde oxidation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	valine metabolism	100	9 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen metabolism	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	ribulose monophosphate pathway	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	flavin biosynthesis	86.67	13 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	starch degradation	80	8 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	78.57	22 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	citric acid cycle	78.57	11 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	d-mannose degradation	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	palmitate biosynthesis	77.27	17 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B12 metabolism	76.47	26 of 34
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolysis	76.47	13 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	alanine metabolism	75.86	22 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	isoleucine metabolism	75	6 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	lactate fermentation	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	pentose phosphate pathway	72.73	8 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	NAD metabolism	72.22	13 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	71.43	5 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	propanol degradation	71.43	5 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	purine metabolism	71.28	67 of 94
[Ref.: #66794]	Entner Doudoroff pathway	70	7 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	threonine metabolism	70	7 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B1 metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylalanine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	pyrimidine metabolism	68.89	31 of 45
[Ref.: #66794]	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	pantothenate biosynthesis	66.67	4 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	serine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	heme metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	lysine metabolism	64.29	27 of 42
[Ref.: #66794]	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	gluconeogenesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	methionine metabolism	61.54	16 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	cellulose degradation	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	60	6 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	polyamine pathway	56.52	13 of 23
[Ref.: #66794]	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfate reduction	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	tryptophan metabolism	52.63	20 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	1,4-dihydroxy-6-naphthoate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	dolichol and dolichyl phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	50	7 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine metabolism	50	5 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	isoprenoid biosynthesis	50	13 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	histidine metabolism	48.28	14 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	oxidative phosphorylation	47.25	43 of 91
[Ref.: #66794]	arginine metabolism	45.83	11 of 24
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of disaccharids	45.45	5 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	d-xylose degradation	45.45	5 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid metabolism	45.16	14 of 31
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid A biosynthesis	44.44	4 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar alcohols	43.75	7 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	ubiquinone biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	bacilysin biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine betaine biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	hydrogen production	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	myo-inositol biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	creatinine degradation	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of pentoses	39.29	11 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of hexoses	38.89	7 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	36.36	4 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar acids	36	9 of 25
[Ref.: #66794]	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	33.33	5 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	methanogenesis from CO2	33.33	4 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	non-pathway related	31.58	12 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	phenol degradation	30	6 of 20
[Ref.: #66794]	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	29.41	5 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B6 metabolism	27.27	3 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	carnitine metabolism	25	2 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	nitrate assimilation	22.22	2 of 9
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #713]	Sample type/isolated from	mud hole, solfataric field
[Ref.: #713]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Krafta
[Ref.: #713]	Country	Iceland
[Ref.: #713]	Country ISO 3 Code	ISL
[Ref.: #713]	Continent	Europe

[Ref.: #67770]	Sample type/isolated from	Acidic solfataric hot spring
[Ref.: #67770]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	Krafla
[Ref.: #67770]	Country	Iceland
[Ref.: #67770]	Country ISO 3 Code	ISL
[Ref.: #67770]	Continent	Europe
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Isolation sources categories

#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Mud (Sludge)
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Volcanic

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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

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.: #713]	T.tenax 16S rRNA	M35966.1	1504	GenBank ENA	2271 tax ID

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #67770]	Thermoproteus tenax Kra 1	GCA_000253055	complete	GenBank ENA	768679 tax ID

[Ref.: #713]	GC-content	55.5 mol%
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	55.9 mol%	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
[Ref.: #67770]	GC-content	55.3 mol%	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 2078, ATCC 35583, JCM 9277, Kra 1, NBRC 100435

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SI-ID 41172

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Thermoproteus thermophilus sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon isolated from solfataric soil.	June Yim K, Seon Song H, Choi JS, Woon Roh S	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.000293	2015	*
Genetics	The complete genome sequence of Thermoproteus tenax: a physiologically versatile member of the Crenarchaeota.	Siebers B, Zaparty M, Raddatz G, Tjaden B, Albers SV, Bell SD, Blombach F, Kletzin A, Kyrpides N, Lanz C, Plagens A, Rampp M, Rosinus A, von Jan M, Makarova KS, Klenk HP, Schuster SC, Hensel R	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0024222	2011	*
Enzymology	Identification and characterization of the genes encoding three structural proteins of the Thermoproteus tenax virus TTV1.	Neumann H, Schwass V, Eckerskorn C, Zillig W	Mol Gen Genet	10.1007/BF00330948	1989	*

References

#713	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2078

#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 )

#66794

Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )

#67770 Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;

#86032

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-ID41172.1 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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