Pre_GI: SWBIT SVG BLASTN

Query: NC_002607:169721 Halobacterium sp. NRC-1, complete genome

Lineage: Halobacterium; Halobacterium; Halobacteriaceae; Halobacteriales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea

General Information: Chemoheterotrophic obligate extreme halophilic archeon. This microbe (strain ATCC 700922) is an obligately halophilic archeon that has adapted to growth under conditions of extremely high salinity. Motility is via tufts of polar flagella and intracellular gas vesicles are used for buoyancy. This organism grow aerobically and its ease of culturing combined with the availability of established methods of genetic manipulation in the laboratory make it an ideal model organism for study of the archaea.

Subject: NC_015666:415007 Halopiger xanaduensis SH-6 chromosome, complete genome

Lineage: Halopiger xanaduensis; Halopiger; Halobacteriaceae; Halobacteriales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea

General Information: Country: China; Environment: Soil, Salinewater; Isolation: Sediment of saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 37C. Halopiger xanaduensis was first isolated from a saline lake in China. This organism requires a minimum of 15% NaCl for growth with optimum growth occurring at concentrations of 25%.