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Functional curation of the Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 and S. acidocaldarius 98-3 complete genome sequences

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The thermoacidophiles Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 and S. acidocaldarius 98-3 are considered key model organisms representing a major phylum of the Crenarchaeota. Because maintaining current, accurate genome information is indispensable for modern biology, we have updated gene function annotation using the arCOGs database, plus other available functional, structural and phylogenetic information. The goal of this initiative is continuous improvement of genome annotation with the support of the Sulfolobus research community.

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Acknowledgments

The project has been performed in the course of the transnational SysMO initiative within the Sulfolobus Systems Biology “SulfoSYS” project. Partners gratefully acknowledge financial support from their respective national funding agencies (BMBF, NWO) as well as partner universities.

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  1. Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 5, 45141, Essen, Germany

    Domink Esser, Theresa Kouril & Bettina Siebers

  2. Institute for Molecular and Cellular Anatomy, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, 93053, Regensburg, Germany

    Melanie Zaparty

  3. Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Dreijenplein 10, 6703 HB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Pawel Sierocinski & John Van der Oost

  4. Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Patricia P. Chan & Todd Lowe

  5. Molecular Biology of Archaea, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Strasse, 35043, Marburg, Germany

    Sonja-Verena Albers

  6. Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, Technical University Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19b, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    Dietmar Schomburg

  7. National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20894, USA

    Kira S. Makarova

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Esser, D., Kouril, T., Zaparty, M. et al. Functional curation of the Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 and S. acidocaldarius 98-3 complete genome sequences. Extremophiles 15, 711 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-011-0392-1

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