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The complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, sulphate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

Hans‐Peter Klenk,Rebecca A. Clayton,Jean-François Tomb,Owen White,Karen E. Nelson,Karen A. Ketchum,Robert J. Dodson,Michelle L. Gwinn,Erin K. Hickey,Jeremy Peterson,D. Richardson,Anthony R. Kerlavage,David E. Graham,Nikos Kyrpides,Robert Fleischmann,John Quackenbush,Norman H. Lee,Granger Sutton,Steven R. Gill,Ewen F. Kirkness,Brian Dougherty,Keith McKenney,Mark D. Adams,Brendan Loftus,Scott N. Peterson,Claudia I. Reich,Leslie Klis McNeil,Jonathan H. Badger,Anna Glodek,Lixin Zhou,Ross Overbeek,Jeannine D. Gocayne,Janice Weidman,Lisa McDonald,Teresa Utterback,Matthew Cotton,Tracy Spriggs,Patricia Artiach,Brian P. Kaine,Sean M. Sykes,P. W. Sadow,Kurt D’Andrea,Cheryl Bowman,Claire Fujii,Stacey Garland,Tanya Mason,Gary J. Olsen,Claire M. Fraser,Hamilton O. Smith,Carl R. Woese,J. Craig Venter

Methanococcus

ORFS

Genome

1997

Archaeoglobus fulgidus is the first sulphur-metabolizing organism to have its genome sequence determined. Its genome of 2,178,400 base pairs contains 2,436 open reading frames (ORFs). The information processing systems and the biosynthetic pathways for essential components (nucleotides, amino acids and cofactors) have extensive correlation with their counterparts in the archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii . The genomes of these two Archaea indicate dramatic differences in the way these organisms sense their environment, perform regulatory and transport functions, and gain energy. In contrast to M. jannaschii , A. fulgidus has fewer restriction–modification systems, and none of its genes appears to contain inteins. A quarter (651 ORFs) of the A. fulgidus genome encodes functionally uncharacterized yet conserved proteins, two-thirds of which are shared with M. jannaschii (428 ORFs). Another quarter of the genome encodes new proteins indicating substantial archaeal gene diversity.

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“The complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, sulphate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus” is a paper by Hans‐Peter Klenk Rebecca A. Clayton Jean-François Tomb Owen White Karen E. Nelson Karen A. Ketchum Robert J. Dodson Michelle L. Gwinn Erin K. Hickey Jeremy Peterson D. Richardson Anthony R. Kerlavage David E. Graham Nikos Kyrpides Robert Fleischmann John Quackenbush Norman H. Lee Granger Sutton Steven R. Gill Ewen F. Kirkness Brian Dougherty Keith McKenney Mark D. Adams Brendan Loftus Scott N. Peterson Claudia I. Reich Leslie Klis McNeil Jonathan H. Badger Anna Glodek Lixin Zhou Ross Overbeek Jeannine D. Gocayne Janice Weidman Lisa McDonald Teresa Utterback Matthew Cotton Tracy Spriggs Patricia Artiach Brian P. Kaine Sean M. Sykes P. W. Sadow Kurt D’Andrea Cheryl Bowman Claire Fujii Stacey Garland Tanya Mason Gary J. Olsen Claire M. Fraser Hamilton O. Smith Carl R. Woese J. Craig Venter published in 1997. It has an Open Access status of “bronze”. You can read and download a PDF Full Text of this paper here.