| Entry | T00013 |
| Org code | aae |
| Name | Aquifex aeolicus VF5 |
| Category | Reference genome |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:224324 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Aquificota; Aquificia; Aquificales; Aquificaceae; Aquifex; Aquifex aeolicus |
| Org group | Bacteria; Aquificota; Aquificales |
| 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_000008625.1 Complete Genome) |
| Keywords | Hydrogen oxidation |
| Comment | Thermophilic chemolithoautotroph.
Capable of growing on hydrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and mineral salts.
Has not been shown to grow anaerobically with nitrate as an electron acceptor in the laboratory.
First observed at the turn of the century, growing at 89 deg C in the outflow of hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: AE000657) |
| Plasmid | ece1; Circular (GB: AE000667) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 1553
Number of RNA genes: 51 |
| Created | 1998 |
| Reference | PMID: 9537320 |
| Authors | Deckert G, Warren PV, Gaasterland T, Young WG, Lenox AL, Graham DE, Overbeek R, Snead MA, Keller M, Aujay M, et al. |
| Title | The complete genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus. |
| Journal | Nature 392:353-8 (1998)
DOI: 10.1038/32831 |
