A specific expression system for Thermus spp. is described. Plasmid pMKE1 contains
replicative origins for Escherichia coli and Thermus spp., a selection gene encoding a …

T. thermophilus HB8 contains a nitrate reductase gene cluster which is absent from closely
related strains. This cluster encodes 4 ORFs (a–d) similar in organization and protein …

Laboratory-adapted strains of Thermus spp. have been shown to require oxygen for growth,
including the model strains T. thermophilus HB27 and HB8. In contrast, many isolates of this …

Thermostable Mn-dependent catalases are promising enzymes in biotechnological
applications as H2O2-detoxifying systems. We cloned the genes encoding Mn-dependent …

Nitrate respiration is a common and strain-specific property in Thermus thermophilus
encoded by the nitrate respiration conjugative element (NCE) that can be laterally …

In the present paper, we summarize the current knowledge on the first step of the
denitrification pathway in the ancestral extreme thermophilic bacterium Thermus …

Despite the fact that the extreme thermophilic bacteria belonging to the genus Thermus are
classified as strict aerobes, we have shown that Thermus thermophilus HB8 (ATCC 27634) …

Thermus thermophilus HB8 can grow anaerobically by using a membrane-bound nitrate
reductase to catalyze the reduction of nitrate as a final electron acceptor in respiration. In …

The strains of Thermus thermophilus that contain the n itrate respiration c onjugative e
lement (NCE) replace their aerobic respiratory chain by an anaerobic counterpart made of …

The cloning vector pMK18 was developed through the fusion of the minimal replicative
region from an indigenous plasmid of Thermus sp. ATCC27737, a gene cassette encoding a …