The complete genome sequence of Staphylothermus marinus reveals differences in sulfur metabolism among heterotrophic Crenarchaeota

Iain J Anderson¹ , Lakshmi Dharmarajan² , Jason Rodriguez^2,3 , Sean Hooper¹ , Iris Porat^4,13 , Luke E Ulrich⁵ , James G Elkins⁶ , Kostas Mavromatis¹ , Hui Sun⁷ , Miriam Land⁶ , Alla Lapidus⁷ , Susan Lucas⁷ , Kerrie Barry⁸ , Harald Huber⁹ , Igor B Zhulin⁵ , William B Whitman⁴ , Biswarup Mukhopadhyay^2,3,10 , Carl Woese¹¹ , James Bristow¹² and Nikos Kyrpides¹

¹  Genome Biology Program, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, USA

²  Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

³  Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

⁴  Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

⁵  Joint Institute for Computational Sciences, University of Tennessee – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA

⁶  Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA

⁷  Production Department, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, USA

⁸  Project Management Department, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, USA

⁹  Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie und Archaeenzentrum, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

¹⁰  Biological Sciences Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

¹¹  Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana USA

¹²  Programs Department, Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, USA

¹³  Biological and Environmental Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, USA