Complete Genome Sequences of Four Halophilic Thermus thermophilus Strains Isolated from Arima Hot Spring in Japan

Abstract

We isolated four Thermus thermophilus strains from Arima Hot Spring in Japan. Complete genome sequencing revealed that they showed average nucleotide identities of ≥99.21% to each other and to strains previously isolated from the same spot, but of ≤97.86% to strains from geographically different spots in Japan, reflecting habitat-specific genomic conservation.

Complete Genome Resequencing of Thermus thermophilus Strain TMY by Hybrid Assembly of Long- and Short-Read Sequencing Technologies

“… Thermus thermophilus is an aerobic, thermophilic bacterium that grows optimally at around 70 to 75°C. Since the first isolation of this species from Mine Hot Spring in Japan in 1968 ( 1 , 2 ), many T. thermophilus strains have been isolated from various thermal areas worldwide ( 3 – 11 ). Among them, strains HB8 (type strain) and HB27 have been rigorously studied biochemically ( 12 , 13 ), structurally ( 14 , 15 ), and genetically ( 16 , 17 ).…”