Methanothermobacter thermautotophicus Mth60 deletion

Growth in biofilms or biofilm-like structures is the prevailing lifestyle for most microbes in nature. The first crucial step to initiate biofilms is the adherence of microbes to biotic and abiotic surfaces. Therefore, it is crucial to elucidate the initial step of biofilm formation, which is generally established through cell-surface structures (i.e., cell appendages), such as fimbriae or pili, that adhere to biotic and abiotic surfaces. The Mth60 fimbriae of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus DeltaH are one of only a few known archaeal cell appendages that do not assemble via the type-IV pili assembly mechanism. Here, we provide sequencing data on the deletion of the Mth60 fimbriae-encoding genes from the genomic DNA of M. thermautotrophicus DeltaH.