Complete Genome Sequence of the Obligate Piezophilic Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus yayanosii CH1

Xu Jun (1, 2) , Lupeng Liu (1, 2) , Minjuan Xu (3) , Philippe Oger (4) , Fengping Wang (1, 2) , Mohamed Jebbar (5) , Xiao Xiang (1, 2)

1 State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
2 School Life Science and Biotechnology
3 Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedecine
4 LGL-TPE - Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement [Lyon]
5 LM2E - Laboratoire de microbiologie des environnements extrêmophiles

Pyrococcus yayanosii CH1 is the first obligate piezophilic hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from the deep-sea hydrothermal site Ashadze on the mid-Atlantic ridge at a depth of 4,100 m. This organism grows within a temperature range of 80 to 108 degrees C and a hydrostatic pressure range of 20 to 120 MPa, with optima at 98 degrees C and 52 MPa, respectively. Here, we report the complete genome sequence (1,716,817 bp, with a G+C content of 51.6%) of the type strain P. yayanosii CH1(T) (= JCM 16557). This genomic information reveals a systematic view of the piezoadaptation strategy and evolution scenario of metabolic pathways in Thermococcales.

Keywords: FURIOSUS; ABYSSI

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology

Xu Jun, Lupeng Liu, Minjuan Xu, Philippe Oger, Fengping Wang, et al.. Complete Genome Sequence of the Obligate Piezophilic Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus yayanosii CH1. Journal of Bacteriology, 2011, 193 (16), pp.4297-4298. ⟨10.1128/JB.05345-11⟩. ⟨insu-00683340⟩