Thermus

Thermus
Thermus aquaticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria[1]
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Deinococcus–Thermus
Class:	Deinococci
Order:	Thermales
Genus:	Thermus Brock & Freeze, 1969

Thermus is a genus of thermophilic bacteria. It is one of several bacteria belonging to the Deinococcus–Thermus group. It includes the following species:^[2][3][4]

• "T. caldophilus" * Taguchi et al. 1983
• "T. eggertssonii" * Peters 2008
• "T. kawarayensis" * Kurosawa et al. 2005
• "T. murrieta" * Benner et al. 2006
• "T. nonproteolyticus" * 1992
• "T. parvatiensis" * Dwivedi et al. 2015
• Thermus profundus * Kobayashi et al. 1995
• "T. rehai" * Lin et al. 2002
• "T. yunnanensis" * Gong et al. 2005
• Thermus amyloliquefaciens Yu et al. 2015^[5]
• Thermus antranikianii Chung, Rainey, Valente, Nobre, & da Costa, 2000^[6]
• Thermus aquaticus Brock & Freeze, 1969^[7]
• Thermus arciformis Zhang et al. 2010^[8]
• Thermus brockianus Williams et al. 1995^[9]
• Thermus caliditerrae Ming et al. 2014^[10]
• Thermus chliarophilus Tenreiro et al. 1995^[11]
• Thermus composti Vajna et al. 2012^[12]
• Thermus filiformis Hudson et al. 1987^[13]
• Thermus igniterrae Chung, Rainey, Valente, Nobre, & da Costa, 2000^[6]
• Thermus islandicus Bjornsdottir et al. 2009^[14]
• Thermus oshimai Williams et al. 1996^[15]
• Thermus tengchongensis Yu, Yao, Ming, Yin, Zhou, Liu, Tang & Li, 2013^[16]
• Thermus thermophilus (ex Oshima and Imahori 1974) Manaia et al. 1995^[17]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[18] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[19] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project ^[20]

T. filiformis Hudson et al. 1987 T. thermophilus (ex Oshima and Imahori 1974) Manaia et al. 1995 T. oshimai Williams et al. 1996 T. arciformis Zhang et al. 2010 T. aquaticus Brock and Freeze 1969 T. composti Vajna et al. 2012 T. islandicus Bjornsdottir et al. 2009 T. brockianus Williams et al. 1995 T. igniterrae Chung et al. 2000 T. caliditerrae Ming et al. 2014 T. tengchongensis Yu et al. 2013 T. amyloliquefaciens Li et al. 2015 T. antranikianii Chung et al. 2000

Note:
* Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)

See also

• Bacteria
• Biotechnology
• Thermophiles
• Geyser

References

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2. Brock TD & Freeze H (1969). "Thermus aquaticus, a Nonsporulating Extreme Thermophile". J. Bact. 98 (1): 289–97. PMC 249935. PMID 5781580.
3. Chung, A. P.; Rainey, F. A.; Valente, M.; Nobre, M. F.; da Costa, M. S. (2000). "Thermus igniterrae sp. nov. and Thermus antranikianii sp. nov., two new species from Iceland". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (1): 209–217. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-209. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 10826806.
4. LSPN. "Thermus". www.bacterio.net. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
5. Yu, Tian-Tian; Park, Dong-Jin; Hozzein, Wael N.; Kim, Chang-Jin; Wadaan, Mohammed A. M.; Ming, Hong; Li, Wen-Jun; Yao, Ji-Cheng; Zhou, En-Min (2015-08-01). "Thermus amyloliquefaciens sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring sediment sample". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (8): 2491–2495. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.000289.
6. Chung, A. P.; Rainey, F. A.; Valente, M.; Nobre, M. F.; Costa, M. S. da (2000-01-01). "Thermus igniterrae sp. nov. and Thermus antranikianii sp. nov., two new species from Iceland". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 50 (1): 209–217. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-209.
7. Brock, Thomas D.; Freeze, Hudson (1969-04-01). "Thermus aquaticus gen. n. and sp. n., a Nonsporulating Extreme Thermophile". Journal of Bacteriology. 98 (1): 289–297. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 249935. PMID 5781580.
8. Zhang, X. Q.; Ying, Y.; Ye, Y.; Xu, X. W.; Zhu, X. F.; Wu, M. (2010-04-01). "Thermus arciformis sp. nov., a thermophilic species from a geothermal area". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 60 (4): 834–839. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.007690-0.
9. WILLIAMS, R. A. D.; SMITH, K. E.; WELCH, S. G.; MICALLEF, J.; SHARP, R. J. (1995-07-01). "DNA Relatedness of Thermus Strains, Description of Thermus brockianus sp. nov., and Proposal To Reestablish Thermus thermophilus (Oshima and Imahori)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (3): 495–499. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-3-495.
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11. TENREIRO, S.; NOBRE, M. F.; COSTA, M. S. DA (1995-10-01). "Thermus silvanus sp. nov. and Thermus chliarophilus sp. nov., Two New Species Related to Thermus ruber but with Lower Growth Temperatures". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 45 (4): 633–639. doi:10.1099/00207713-45-4-633.
12. Vajna, B.; Kanizsai, S.; Keki, Z.; Marialigeti, K.; Schumann, P.; Toth, E. M. (2012-07-01). "Thermus composti sp. nov., isolated from oyster mushroom compost". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 62 (Pt 7): 1486–1490. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.030866-0.
13. Hudson, J. A.; Morgan, H. W.; Daniel, R. M. (1987-01-01). "Thermus filiformis sp. nov., a Filamentous Caldoactive Bacterium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 37 (4): 431–436. doi:10.1099/00207713-37-4-431.
14. Bjornsdottir, Snaedis H.; Petursdottir, Solveig K.; Hreggvidsson, Gudmundur O.; Skirnisdottir, Sigurlaug; Hjorleifsdottir, Sigridur; Arnfinnsson, Johann; Kristjansson, Jakob K. (2009-01-01). "Thermus islandicus sp. nov., a mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from the Torfajokull geothermal area". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (12): 2962–2966. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.007013-0.
15. WILLIAMS, RALPH A. D.; SMITH, KELVIN E.; WELCH, SIMON G.; MICALLEF, JANICE (1996-01-01). "Thermus oshimai sp. nov., Isolated from Hot Springs in Portugal, Iceland, and the Azores, and Comment on the Concept of a Limited Geographical Distribution of Thermus Species". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 46 (2): 403–408. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-2-403.
16. Yu, Tian-Tian; Yao, Ji-Cheng; Ming, Hong; Yin, Yi-Rui; Zhou, En-Min; Liu, Min-Jiao; Tang, Shu-Kun; Li, Wen-Jun (2013). "Thermus tengchongensis sp. nov., isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample in Tengchong, Yunnan, south-west China". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 103 (3): 513–518. doi:10.1007/s10482-012-9833-9.
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19. Sayers; et al. "Deinococcus–Thermus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
20. 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.