Entry |
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Org code |
pfu
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Name |
Pyrococcus furiosus DSM 3638 |
Category |
Reference genome; Type strain
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Annotation |
yes |
Taxonomy |
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Lineage |
Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Thermococci; Thermococcales; Thermococcaceae; Pyrococcus |
Brite |
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
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Data source |
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Original DB |
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Comment |
Fermentative, sulfur-reducing hyperthermophile.
Isolated from a shallow marine solfatara at Vulcano Island near southern Italy.
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Chromosome |
Circular |
Sequence |
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Length |
1908256 |
Statistics |
Number of nucleotides: 1908256
Number of protein genes: 2065
Number of RNA genes: 104
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Created |
2002
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Reference |
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Authors |
Maeder DL, Weiss RB, Dunn DM, Cherry JL, Gonzalez JM, DiRuggiero J, Robb FT. |
Title |
Divergence of the hyperthermophilic archaea Pyrococcus furiosus and P. horikoshii inferred from complete genomic sequences. |
Journal |
Genetics 152:1299-305 (1999) |
Reference |
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Authors |
Diruggiero J, Dunn D, Maeder DL, Holley-Shanks R, Chatard J, Horlacher R, Robb FT, Boos W, Weiss RB. |
Title |
Evidence of recent lateral gene transfer among hyperthermophilic archaea. |
Journal |
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Reference |
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Authors |
Robb FT, Maeder DL, Brown JR, DiRuggiero J, Stump MD, Yeh RK, Weiss RB, Dunn DM. |
Title |
Genomic sequence of hyperthermophile, Pyrococcus furiosus: implications for physiology and enzymology. |
Journal |
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LinkDB |
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