Query: NC_002677:2500000 Mycobacterium leprae TN, complete genome
Lineage: Mycobacterium leprae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacteriaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain (TN) was passaged through an armadillo in Tamil Nadu, India, and is the only strain of this species that has been successfully produced in quantities large enough for sequencing and biochemical analyses as the nine-banded armadillo was used as a surrogate host. Causative agent of human leprosy.
Subject: NC_013510:991827 Thermomonospora curvata DSM 43183, complete genome
Lineage: Thermomonospora curvata; Thermomonospora; Thermomonosporaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Municipal refuse compost samples; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 65C. An aerobic, cellulolytic, thermophilic Gram-positive bacterium isolated from straw compost. Thermomonospora curvata is a thermophilic bacterium which produces a number of industrially important compounds like cellulase, alpha-amylase, and polygalacturonate lyase.