The whole-genome sequences of seven thermophiles that could grow at >55°C, but not at 37°C, were generated. These thermophilic bacteria will play a useful role as model microorganisms, and analyzing their genomes will help to understand the observed production of novel bioactive compounds, including thermozymes and macromolecules.

Meta-analysis of cultivation-independent sequence data shows that geothermal systems host an abundance of novel organisms, representing a vast unexplored phylogenetic and functional diversity among yet-uncultivated thermophiles. A number of thermophiles have recently been interrogated using metagenomic and/or single-cell genomic approaches, including members of taxonomic groups that inhabit bot...

Meiothermus ruber H328 was isolated from Arima Hot Springs, Kobe, Japan, as a moderate thermophile. It has a strong ability to degrade intact chicken feathers. The enzymatic mechanism of the strain for feather degradation is unclear. The draft genome suggests potent enzyme candidates for degradation of keratin, a hard-to-degrade protein found in feathers.

This paper reports the draft genome sequence of the proteobacterium Gulbenkiania mobilis strain MB1, a sulfur-metabolizing thermophile isolated from a hot spring located in Pachmarhi, India. This study reports the first draft genome sequence of any species from the genus Gulbenkiania.

Anoxybacillus mongoliensis strain MB4, an aerobic thermophile, was isolated from a hot spring located in central India. Its first draft genome sequence reported in this study comprises 2,807,516 bp and 2,853 protein-coding genes. Detailed genomic analysis indicates that it is capable of performing sulfur metabolism.

Tepidimonas taiwanensis strain MB2 is a thermophile isolated from a hot spring located in central India. Here, we report a 28,49,160 bp draft genome sequence of Tepidimonas taiwanensis MB2. The genome shows properties of sulfur metabolism, nitrogen fixation, ammonia metabolism, assimilation of organic acids, and a wide variety of proteases.

The industrially important thermophile Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius has the potential to produce chemicals and fuels from biomass-derived sugar feedstocks. Here, we present the genome sequence of strain NCIMB 11955, the progenitor of an ethanologenic industrial strain, revealing 11 single-nucleotide polymorphisms and 2 indels compared to strain DSM 2542 and two novel plasmids.

The collection of 621 strains of aerobic mesophilic sporeforming bacteria studied by Smith, Gordon, and Clark (1946) included 8 strains that grew slowly, if at all, at 28 C and required a higher temperature than the others for maximum growth. They were closely related and as a group were distinguishable in several respects from the other species. Pending the investigation of more strains the 8 ...

Thermophiles chapter http://lasp.colorado.edu/education/journalists/ yellow_stone/Articles/CH4.PDF This book chapter describes thermophile biology and ecology. It also points out that thermophiles are very diverse phylogenetically. Microbial world: Thermophilic microorganisms http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/ microbes/thermo.htm This page of the Microbial World series is no l...