Thermus

Thermus
	Thermus aquaticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Thermotogati
Phylum:	Deinococcota
Class:	Deinococci
Order:	Thermales
Family:	Thermaceae
Genus:	; Brock & Freeze 1969
Type species
	Thermus aquaticus; Brock & Freeze 1969
Species
	See text

Thermus is a genus of thermophilic bacteria. It is one of several bacteria belonging to the Deinococcota phylum. According to comparative analysis of 16S rRNA, this is one of the most ancient group of bacteria. ^[1] Thermus species can be distinguished from other genera in the family Thermaceae as well as all other bacteria by the presence of eight conserved signature indels found in proteins such as adenylate kinase and replicative DNA helicase as well as 14 conserved signature proteins that are exclusively shared by members of this genus.^[2]

^ Woese, C R (June 1987). "Bacterial evolution". Microbiological Reviews. 51 (2): 221–271. doi:10.1128/mr.51.2.221-271.1987. ISSN 0146-0749. PMC 373105. PMID 2439888.
^ Ho, Jonathan; Adeolu, Mobolaji; Khadka, Bijendra; Gupta, Radhey S. (October 2016). "Identification of distinctive molecular traits that are characteristic of the phylum "Deinococcus–Thermus" and distinguish its main constituent groups". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 39 (7): 453–463. Bibcode:2016SyApM..39..453H. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2016.07.003. ISSN 0723-2020. PMID 27506333.

[1] Woese, C R (June 1987). "Bacterial evolution". Microbiological Reviews. 51 (2): 221–271. doi:10.1128/mr.51.2.221-271.1987. ISSN 0146-0749. PMC 373105. PMID 2439888.

[2] Ho, Jonathan; Adeolu, Mobolaji; Khadka, Bijendra; Gupta, Radhey S. (October 2016). "Identification of distinctive molecular traits that are characteristic of the phylum "Deinococcus–Thermus" and distinguish its main constituent groups". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 39 (7): 453–463. Bibcode:2016SyApM..39..453H. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2016.07.003. ISSN 0723-2020. PMID 27506333.

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