Abstract and subjects
Ignisphaera aggregans
Niederberger
et al.
2006 is the type and sole species of genus
Ignisphaera
. This archaeal species is characterized by a coccoid-shape and is strictly anaerobic, moderately acidophilic, heterotrophic hyperthermophilic and fermentative. The type strain AQ1.S1
T
was isolated from a near neutral, boiling spring in Kuirau Park, Rotorua, New Zealand. This is the first completed genome sequence of the genus
Ignisphaera
and the fifth genome (fourth type strain) sequence in the family
Desulfurococcaceae
. The 1,875,953 bp long genome with its 2,009 protein-coding and 52 RNA genes is a part of the
G
enomic
E
ncyclopedia of
B
acteria and
A
rchaea
project.