Draft Genome Sequences of Thermophiles Isolated from Yates Shaft, a Deep-Subsurface Environment

Nitin K Singh; Courtney Carlson; Rajesh K Sani; Kasthuri Venkateswaran

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00405-17

Draft Genome Sequences of Thermophiles Isolated from Yates Shaft, a Deep-Subsurface Environment

Genome Announc. 2017 Jun 1;5(22):e00405-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00405-17.

Authors

Nitin K Singh¹, Courtney Carlson^{1

2}, Rajesh K Sani², Kasthuri Venkateswaran³

Affiliations

¹ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
² South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.
³ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA kjvenkat@jpl.nasa.gov.

Abstract

The whole-genome sequences of seven thermophiles that could grow at >55°C, but not at 37°C, were generated. These thermophilic bacteria will play a useful role as model microorganisms, and analyzing their genomes will help to understand the observed production of novel bioactive compounds, including thermozymes and macromolecules.