Whole Genome Sequence of Pyrobaculum aerophilum

　

S. FITZ-GIBBON^*a, U.J. KIM^b, H. LADNER^a, G.H. KIM^b, B. PERRY^b, E. COLAYCO^b, R.V. SWANSON^b*, M. I. SIMON^b, and J. H. MILLER^a

　

^a Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and The Molecular Biology Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, L.A., CA, 90095-1489. U.S.A

^b Division of Biology, 147-75, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125. U.S.A * Now at Diversa Corp., San Diego, California, USA

　

We have sequenced the entire 2.2 Mb genome of the hyperthermophile Pyrobaculum aerophilum. We have putative identifications for approximately 500 genes based on similarities to characterized genes in the public databases. This analysis reveals, among other things, the presence or absence of important repair systems found in humans and in bacteria.

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