Meiothermus ruber H328 was isolated from Arima Hot Springs, Kobe, Japan, as a moderate thermophile. It has a strong ability to degrade intact chicken feathers. The enzymatic mechanism of the strain for feather degradation is unclear. The draft genome suggests potent enzyme candidates for degradation of keratin, a hard-to-degrade protein found in feathers.
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Inada, S., & Watanabe, K. (2013). Draft genome sequence of Meiothermus ruber H328, which degrades chicken feathers, and identification of proteases and peptidases responsible for degradation. Genome Announcements, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00176-13
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