Genome Sequence of a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Thermococcus nautili 30-1, That Produces Viral Vesicles

Jacques Oberto (1, 2, 3) , Marie Gaudin (1) , Matteo Cossu (1) , Aurore Gorlas (1) , Alexeï Slesarev (4) , Evelyne Marguet (1) , Patrick Forterre (1, 5)

1 IGM - Institut de génétique et microbiologie [Orsay]
2 ARCHEE - Biologie Cellulaire des Archées
3 I2BC - Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule
4 Fidelity Systems, Inc.
5 BMGE - Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles

Thermococcus nautili 30-1 (formerly Thermococcus nautilus), an anaerobic hyperthermophilic marine archaeon, was isolated in 1999 from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent during the Amistad campaign. Here, we present the complete sequence of T. nautili, which is able to produce membrane vesicles containing plasmid DNA. This property makes T. nautili a model organism to study horizontal gene transfer.

Domaines: Biochimie, Biologie Moléculaire; Microbiologie et Parasitologie

Jacques Oberto, Marie Gaudin, Matteo Cossu, Aurore Gorlas, Alexeï Slesarev, et al.. Genome Sequence of a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Thermococcus nautili 30-1, That Produces Viral Vesicles. Genome Announcements, 2014, 2 (2), epub ahead of print. ⟨10.1128/genomeA.00243-14⟩. ⟨hal-00975406⟩