Mefferd, Chrisabelle C, Zhou, En-Min, Yu, Tian-Tian, Ming, Hong, Murugapiran, Senthil K, Huntemann, Marcel, Clum, Alicia, Pillay, Manoj, Palaniappan, Krishnaveni, Varghese, Neha, Mikhailova, Natalia, Stamatis, Dimitrios, Reddy, TBK, Ngan, Chew Yee, Daum, Chris, Duffy, Kecia, Shapiro, Nicole, Markowitz, Victor, Ivanova, Natalia, Kyrpides, Nikos, Williams, Amanda J, Woyke, Tanja, Li, Wen-Jun, and Hedlund, Brian P
The draft genomes of Thermus tengchongensis YIM 77401 and T. caliditerrae YIM 77777 are 2,562,314 and 2,218,114bp and encode 2,726 and 2,305 predicted genes, respectively. Gene content and growth experiments demonstrate broad metabolic capacity, including starch hydrolysis, thiosulfate oxidation, arsenite oxidation, incomplete denitrification, and polysulfide reduction.