Query: NC_017954:471000 Thermogladius cellulolyticus 1633 chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Thermogladius cellulolyticus; Thermogladius; Desulfurococcaceae; Desulfurococcales; Crenarchaeota; Archaea General Information: Obligate anaerobe. Grows optimally at a temperature of 84 deg C and pH 7.1, isolated from the hot spring in the Uzon Caldera in Kamchatka (Russia). Capable of growing by fermentation not only on proteinaceous substrates but also on cellulose. Elemental sulfur is not obligately required but stimulates growth and is reduced to H2S.
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General Information: This organism is a thermoacidophile, and can grow at temperatures around 60C and in environments where the pH drops to 0. The name reflects the area where the organism was isolated, which was a hot dry soil in Kawayu, in northern Japan, that was solfataric (volcanic area that gives off sulfur). The genome also encodes a large number of proton-driven secondary transporters which represents another adaptation to the acid environment. This organism expresses a surface layer (S-layer) that consists of a semicrystalline array of proteins outside the cell membrane.