Complete genome sequence and whole-genome phylogeny of Kosmotoga pacifica type strain SLHLJ1T from an East Pacific hydrothermal sediment
Kosmotoga pacifica strain SLHLJ1T is a thermophilic chemoorganoheterotrophic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal sediment. It belongs to the physiologically homogeneous Thermotogaceae family. Here, we describe the phenotypic features of K. pacifica together with its genome sequence and annotation. The chromosome has 2,169,170 bp, organized in one contig. A total of 1897 candidate protein-encoding genes and 177 RNA genes were identified. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of this strain is distantly related to sequences of some relatives classified in the same genus (K. olearia 7.02% and K. shengliensis 7.83%), with dissimilarity percentages close to the threshold generally described for genus delineation. Nevertheless, the percentage of conserved proteins (POCP), which is much higher than 50% (around 70%), together with phenotypic features of the isolates, confirm the affiliation all Kosmotoga species described so far to the same genus.
Additional file 1: Table S1. List of the core genes chosen for the whole genome phylogenetic analysis. This list is composed of 499 orthologous genes from 20 genomes within the phylum Thermotogae.
Additional file 2: Figure S1. Phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showing the position of K. pacifica strain SLHLJ1T within the phylum Thermotogae. The alignment was performed with ...
Additional file 4: Table S2. Differential characteristics of eight genera of Thermotogae, with genome sequences. Data were taken from Defluviitoga [2], Fervidobacterium ...