title: Genome sequence of Thermotoga sp. strain RQ2, a hyperthermophilic bacterium isolated from a geothermally heated region of the seafloor near Ribeira Quente, the Azores.
abstract: Thermotoga sp. strain RQ2 is probably a strain of Thermotoga maritima. Its complete genome sequence allows for an examination of the extent and consequences of gene flow within Thermotoga species and strains. Thermotoga sp. RQ2 differs from T. maritima in its genes involved in myo-inositol metabolism. Its genome also encodes an apparent fructose phosphotransferase system (PTS) sugar transporter. This operon is also found in Thermotoga naphthophila strain RKU-10 but no other Thermotogales. These are the first reported PTS transporters in the Thermotogales.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3125, USA.
authors.forename: Kristen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Swithers
authors.forename: Jonathan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: DiPippo
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Detter
authors.forename: Roxanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: Shunsheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Lynne A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woyke
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pitluck
authors.forename: Len
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pennacchio
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mikhailova
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lykidis
authors.forename: Miriam L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Land
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brettin
authors.forename: Karl O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Stetter
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: J Peter
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gogarten
authors.forename: Kenneth M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Noll
mesh_terms: D001394:Azores; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D005632:Fructose / Q000378:metabolism; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D020124:Thermotoga maritima / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005632:Fructose; D010770:Phosphotransferases