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Although Until the late 1960s it was generally accepted that life the majority of the archaea were initially isolated from was impossible beyond a temperature of 55-60oC. In extreme environments—high temperature, high salt 1969, however, the temperature limit was extended to concentration, extreme pH—it has become clear that 75oC when a microorganism was isolated from thermal archaea also thrive in non-extreme environments. springs in Yellowstone National Park by Thomas D. Brock Archaea are abundant in many ecosystems ranging and colleagues (Brock and Freeze 1969). This organism from soils to oceans (Pace 1997). Since its original was characterized as a gram-negative bacterium called discovery in Yellowstone, species of the genus Sulfolobus Thermus aquaticus. Subsequently, Brock’s group isolated have been isolated from various solfataric fields, such a remarkable thermo-acidophilic microorganism that as S. solfataricus in Pisciarelli, Italy (Zillig et al. 1980); a they named Sulfolobus acidocaldarius from Congress Pool, species provisionally called Sulfolobus islandicus in Sogasel, a thermal feature at Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin Iceland (Zillig et al. 1994); and Sulfolobus tokodaii from with an average temperature of 80oC and average pH of Japan’s Beppu Hot Springs (Suzuki et al. 2002). Sulfolobus 3.0 (Brock et al. 1972). Sulfolobus-like strains were later species are generally aerobic, and heterotrophic growth found in several acidic hot pools in El Salvador and Italy has been reported, during which a range of carbohydrates, at temperatures of 65-90oC and pH levels of 1.7-3.0. yeast extract, and peptide mixtures are oxidized to CO2 Based on morphological analysis, Sulfolobus was initially (Grogan 1989; Schönheit and Schäfer 1995). In addition, considered to be a thermo-acidophilic bacterium with 2- 2- o 2- both autotrophic—oxidation of S2O3 , S4O6 , S and S some remarkable properties (Shivvers and Brock 1973). to sulphuric acid, and of H2 to water—and heterotrophic However, the molecular classification introduced by Carl growth has been described for S. acidocaldarius (Shivvers Woese and colleagues (Woese 1987; Pace 1997) indicated and Brock 1973; Schönheit and Schäfer 1995), and it has that Sulfolobus does not belong to Bacteria, but rather to been suggested that anaerobic respiration (e.g., reduction a newly discovered prokaryotic Domain: Archaea (Figure of NO) by certain Sulfolobales might be possible (She et al. 1A, next page). Brock’s pioneering work set the stage for 2001). Other closely related genera (Figure 1B) that have further exploration of a broad range of thermal ecosystems been relatively well-characterized include Acidianus (order worldwide. This has resulted in an ever-growing collection Sulfolobales, obligatory chemolithoautotroph, aerobic S0 of archaeal and bacterial thermophiles that grow optimally oxidation to sulphuric acid, anaerobic S0 reduction coupled at 60-80oC, and hyperthermophiles (mainly archaea and to H2 oxidation); Hyperthermus (order Desulfurococcales, o some bacteria) with optimal growth temperatures >80 C anaerobic, amino acid fermentation); and Aeropyrum (order that have been isolated from terrestrial solfataric fields Desulfurococcales, aerobe, heterotroph on starch and such as those in Yellowstone, Italy, Iceland, Japan, and peptides). Aeropyrum pernix was the first Crenarchaeote for New Zealand, as well as from marine ecosystems ranging which the complete genome was sequenced (Kawarabayasi from shallow vents like the beaches of Vulcano Island, et al. 1999). Sulfolobus species are considered model Italy, to deep-sea smokers in the Pacific and Atlantic archaea because of their global abundance (Delong and Oceans (Stetter 1999; Huber et al. 2000; Rothschild and Pace, 2001); their relatively easy cultivation on a variety Mancinelli 2001). of carbon sources (Grogan 1989); and their possession of mobile genetic elements, such as insertion sequences (IS 2.0 SULFOLOBUS AS MODEL ARCHAEON elements), viruses, small plasmids, and large conjugative The Domain Archaea has two principal Kingdoms— plasmids (Zillig et al. 1998). These genetic elements are Crenarchaeota, home to Sulfolobus, Pyrobaculum, and instrumental in the ongoing development of genetic tools Pyrodictium; and Euryarchaea, which includes Pyrococcus, (see below). 264 GEOTHERMAL BIOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 2.1 Genomics (Kawarabayasi et al. 2001). Currently the genome In the mid-1990s, S. solfataricus P2 was selected for sequencing projects of S. acidocaldarius, S. islandicus, complete genomic sequencing because of the anticipated Hyperthermus butylicus, and Acidianus sp. are ongoing insight into the evolution of the eukaryotic cell (see (R. Garrett, personal communication). Genome analysis of S. solfataricus and several other archaea confirmed (i) below); the molecular basis of thermo-acidophilic growth; the monophyletic position of Archaea, with respect to and metabolic enzymes, pathways and their regulation. Bacteria and Eukarya (Figure 1A); (ii) the bacterial-like In 2001 the S. solfataricus genome was completed (She condensed chromosomal organisation: clustering of genes et al.), followed by completion of the S. tokodaii genome Bacteria Figure 1A. Universal phylogenetic tree based on SSU rRNA sequences. Sixty-four rRNA sequences representative of all phylogenetic domains were used to compose the tree (Pace 1997), clearly illustrating the evolutionary domains: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. Archaea Eucarya The Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus 265 as polycistronic units (operons), and few interrupted genes 1987; Schleper et al. 1992). Upon infection of S. shibatae, (introns); and (iii) the eukaryal-like systems that drive as well as S. solfataricus, the viral genome was generally the flow of genetic information such as transcription, found to be integrated into a specific tRNAArg gene of the translation, replication, and DNA repair (reviewed by host chromosome, indicating that site-specific integration Makarova and Koonin 2003). is involved in establishing the lysogenic state (Schleper et al. 1992). The pRN family of small plasmids from the 2.2 Mobile Genetic Elements Sulfolobales includes pSSVx from S. islandicus REY 15/4, One of the most striking observations of the overall a hybrid of a plasmid and a fusellovirus. In the presence comparative analyses of multiple genomes has been their of the
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