Thermus
Sign in to saveThermus is a genus of thermophilic bacteria. It is one of several bacteria belonging to the Deinococcota phylum. According to comparative analysis of 16S rRNA, this is one of the most ancient group of bacteria. Thermus species can be distinguished from other genera in the family Thermaceae as well as all other bacteria by the presence of eight conserved signature indels found in proteins such as adenylate kinase and replicative DNA helicase as well as 14 conserved signature proteins that are exclusively shared by members of this genus.
Species
Genus
- PhylumDeinococcus-Thermus
- ClassDeinococci
- OrderThermales
- FamilyThermaceae
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Research
5,512 papers- Thermus thermophilus as biological model.Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions · 2009
- New Viruses Infecting Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Thermus thermophilus.Viruses · 2024
- Carotenoid biosynthesis in extremophilic Deinococcus-Thermus bacteria.Trends in microbiology · 2010
- Biotechnologically relevant enzymes from Thermus thermophilus.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2002
- Thermus thermamylovorans sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring.International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2020
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Phylogeny
- Habitats
- See also
- References
Thermus is a genus of thermophilic bacteria. It is one of several bacteria belonging to the Deinococcota phylum. According to comparative analysis of 16S rRNA, this is one of the most ancient group of bacteria. Thermus species can be distinguished from other genera in the family Thermaceae as well as all other bacteria by the presence of eight conserved signature indels found in proteins such as adenylate kinase and replicative DNA helicase as well as 14 conserved signature proteins that are exclusively shared by members of this genus.
==Phylogeny==
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