| Entry | T00287 |
| Org code | chy |
| Name | Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901 |
| Category | Reference genome; Type strain |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:246194 |
| Lineage | Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Clostridia; Thermoanaerobacterales; Thermoanaerobacteraceae; Carboxydothermus; Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans |
| Org group | Bacteria; Clostridia; Thermoanaerobacterales |
| 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_000012865.1 Complete Genome) |
| Keywords | Acetogen, Carbon fixation, Dissimilatory sulfate reduction |
| Comment | Thermophilic bacterium.
Lives almost entirely on a diet of carbon monoxide (CO).
Converts water to hydrogen gas as part of its metabolism.
Isolated from a hot spring in Kunashir Island, Russia. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP000141) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 2620
Number of RNA genes: 63 |
| Created | 2005 |
| Reference | PMID: 16311624 |
| Authors | Wu M, Ren Q, Durkin AS, Daugherty SC, Brinkac LM, Dodson RJ, Madupu R, Sullivan SA, Kolonay JF, Haft DH, et al. |
| Title | Life in hot carbon monoxide: the complete genome sequence of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans Z-2901. |
| Journal | PLoS Genet 1:e65 (2005)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010065 |
