“…JF8 (3.49 Mbp, 52.0% GC, 3584 CDS) (Shintani et al, 2014), G. thermoleovorans (3.60 Mbp, 52.3% GC, 3887 CDS) (Muhd Sakaff et al, 2012), G. kaustophilus (3.54 Mbp, 52.1% GC, 3498 CDS) (Takami et al, 2004), G. stearothermophilus (3.27 Mbp, 52.6% GC, 3042 CDS) (Rozanov et al, 2014), and to a lesser extent G. thermodenitrificans (3.55 Mbp, 49.0% GC, 3444 CDS) (Feng et al, 2007) and G. thermoglucosidasius (3.75 Mbp, 43.9% GC, 3443 CDS) (Zhao et al, 2012). The pGt3 plasmid of Geobacillus LC300 shows similarity with plasmids pHTA426 from G. kaustophilus (97% identity, 37% coverage, BLASTN), pBt40 from Geobacillus sp.…”