Pre_GI Gene

Host: NC_007333:3360000 NEIGHBOURS BLASTN Download Island sequence Download Island gene sequence(s)

NC_007333:3360000 Thermobifida fusca YX, complete genome

Host Lineage: Thermobifida fusca; Thermobifida; Nocardiopsaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria

General Information: Produces thermostable enzymes. Members of this genus are distinguished from most actinomycetes by their ability to form clustered spores that attach directly to the substrate mycelia, and not to the aerial mycelia. Moreover, these bacteria do not produce aerial mycelia at all. M. fusca is the most thermophilic, with some growth detectable at up to 75 degrees C. The natural habitat of Thermobifida is self-heated organic materials, like rotting hay, compost, manure or urban waste piles, etc., which they share with other thermophilic and thermotolerant actinomycetes. Biological and physiological features of these bacteria are accordingly adapted to the conditions of such environments, namely the high temperatures and the presence of abundant plant materials and other bio-polymer substrates of natural origin. Actinomycetes are well suited for this environment because they generally grow as branching hyphae and are well adapted to penetration and degradation of insoluble substrates such as lignocellulose. Spores of Thermobifida are known to cause allergic respiratory diseases called mushroom worker disease and farmer's lung, which develop in agricultural workers who by the nature of their work happen to breathe in significant amounts of actinomycete spores from hay, compost, etc. Some isolates of this organism are able to mineralize plastic disposals and other anthropogenic xenobiotics. Thermobifidaare of particular interest because they produce multiple thermostable enzymes involved in the degradation of lignocellulose.


This island contains ribosomal proteins or RNA related elements and may indicate a False Positive Prediction!

StartEndLengthCDS descriptionQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
33600073360267261similar to Putative stress-responsive transcriptional regulatorQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
336052333624931971acetyl-coenzyme A synthetaseQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
336270933638001092ATP-binding region ATPase-likeQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
33638003364594795response regulator receiverQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
33645943364944351hypothetical protein
336494433666321689putative transmembrane transport proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
33668983367248351hypothetical proteinBLASTP
336724533688581614Nasolute symporterQuickGO ontologyBLASTP
33693713369835465hypothetical proteinBLASTP
33703873370956570hypothetical protein
33711263371893768hypothetical protein
3372207337228276tRNA-LysQuickGO ontology
33729593373546588hypothetical proteinBLASTP
33744773375298822hypothetical proteinBLASTP
33754403375772333putative Lsr2-like proteinQuickGO ontologyBLASTP