Thermoactinomyces vulgaris
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Its ID gene: the stretch scientists read to tell microbes apart. Each bar is one letter of its DNA. Every species has its own order of letters, so the pattern works like a fingerprint. Close relatives share most of it.
16S rRNA gene, V4 region: the 253 letters between the standard primers (515F/806R), which are the same in every species. One reference sequence; strains can differ by a letter or two. NCBI NR_041761.1
Formerly Thermoactinomyces candidus.
Small for a gut microbe: longer than 34% of the 2,354 we have genomes for.
48% G+C, higher than 51% of gut microbes.
To scale: if its ID gene were 1 cm long, its genome would stretch 18 meters. Yours would stretch 21 kilometers. One reference genome; strains vary. NCBI GCF_005886755.1
What it can do
We don't have capability data for this microbe yet: it isn't in AGORA2's genome models, BacDive's lab tests or NJC19's published research. That's different from “not seen”: nobody has checked.