Draft genome sequence of Thermococcus waiotapuensis WT1 ^T , a thermophilic sulfur-dependent archaeon from the order Thermococcales

Abstract

Thermococcus waiotapuensis WT1 T is a thermophilic, peptide, and amino acid-fermenting archaeon from the order Thermococcales . It was isolated from Waiotapu, Aotearoa-New Zealand, and has a genome size of 1.80 Mbp. The genome contains 2,000 total genes, of which 1,913 encode proteins and 46 encode tRNA.