Thermotoga petrophila RKU-1 is an anaerobe, heterotroph, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from production fluid of an oil reservoir storage tank.

Name and taxonomic classification:

Last LPSN update: 14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)

Domain: "Bacteria"

Phylum: Thermotogota

Class: Thermotogae

Order: Thermotogales

Family: Thermotogaceae

Genus: Thermotoga

Species: Thermotoga petrophila

Full Scientific Name (LPSN): Thermotoga petrophila Takahata et al. 2001

Synonym: Thermotoga naphthophila

Culture medium: 

THERMOTOGA PETROPHILA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 913)

Temperature:

Growth: 80 °C

Growth: 47-88 °C

No growth: 89 °C

No growth: 46 °C

Optimum: 80 °C

pH:

Optimum: 7

Growth: 5.2-9

No growth: 5

No growth: 9.5

Oxygen tolerance: anaerobe, obligate anaerobe

Isolation, sampling and environmental information:

Sample type/isolated from: production fluid of an oil reservoir storage tank, Oil reservoir near the coast of the Sea of Japan

Geographic location (country and/or sea, region): Niigata, Kubiki oil reservoir

Country: Niigata, Kubiki oil reservoir Republic of the Congo

Country ISO 3 Code: Niigata, Kubiki oil reservoir

Continent: Asia

Culture col. no.: DSM 13995, JCM 10881, ATCC BAA-488