Query: NC_015387:2042042 Marinithermus hydrothermalis DSM 14884 chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Marinithermus hydrothermalis; Marinithermus; Thermaceae; Thermales; Deinococcus-Thermus; Bacteria General Information: Environment: Marine; Isolation: deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney sample; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 67.5C; Country:Japan: Izu-Bonin Arc, Suiyo Seamount. This is a strictly aerobic, thermophilic marine bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney sample collected from the Suiyo Seamount in the Izu-Bonin Arc, Japan, at a depth of 1385 m.
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General Information: This is the type strain for this organism, which was isolated from a hydrothermal vent at a depth of 1300 m from the Lo'ihi Seamount southeast of Hawaii. This organism grows optimally in salt concentrations of 7.5 to 10%. Genome comparison has suggested that the bacterium has maintained its amino acid transport and degradation systems but lost sugar transport and certain sugar metabolic genes suggesting that it lives on amino acids rather than sugars. This may be in keeping with the environment this organism grows in, which is at hydrothermal deep sea vents that are characterized by collections of proteinaceous particles. This organism may colonize these particles by producing exopolysaccharides.