| Entry | T00587 |
| Org code | iho |
| Name | Ignicoccus hospitalis KIN4/I |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX: 453591 |
| Lineage | Archaea; Thermoproteati; Thermoproteota; Thermoprotei; Desulfurococcales; Desulfurococcaceae; Ignicoccus; Ignicoccus hospitalis |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank Assembly: GCA_000017945.1 (Complete Genome)
BioProject: 13914 |
| Original DB | JGI |
| Comment | Obligate anaerobe.
Specific host for Nanoarchaeum equitans.
Ignicoccus species have a chemoautotrophic metabolism that couples CO2 fixation with sulfur respiration using molecular hydrogen in high temperature hydrothermal vent systems.
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| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP000816) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 1434
Number of RNA genes: 50
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| Created | 2007 |
| Reference | PMID: 19000309 |
| Authors | Podar M, Anderson I, Makarova KS, Elkins JG, Ivanova N, Wall MA, Lykidis A, Mavromatis K, Sun H, Hudson ME, et al. |
| Title | A genomic analysis of the archaeal system Ignicoccus hospitalis-Nanoarchaeum equitans. |
| Journal | Genome Biol 9:R158 (2008)
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2008-9-11-r158 |
Ignicoccus hospitalis