Complete Genome Sequence of Methanothermobacter marburgensis, a Methanoarchaeon Model Organism

ISSN
0021-9193
Date Issued
2010
Author(s)
Kaster, Anne-Kristin
Wiezer, Arnim
Goenrich, Meike
Wollherr, Antje
Seedorf, Henning
Thauer, Rudolf K.
DOI
10.1128/JB.00844-10
Abstract
The circular genome sequence of the chemolithoautotrophic euryarchaeon Methanothermobacter marburgensis, with 1,639,135 bp, was determined and compared with that of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. The genomes of the two model methanogens differ substantially in protein coding sequences, in insertion sequence (IS)-like elements, and in clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) loci.