Thermophilic lifestyle for an uncultured archaeon from hydrothermal vents: evidence from environmental genomics.

ABSTRACT: We present a comparative analysis of two genome fragments isolated from a diverse and widely distributed group of uncultured euryarchaea from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. The optimal activity and thermostability of a DNA polymerase predicted in one fragment were close to that of the thermophilic archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum, providing evidence for a thermophilic way of life of this group of uncultured archaea.

SUBMITTER: Moussard H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1393191 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature