Query: NC_013223:1188500 Desulfohalobium retbaense DSM 5692, complete genome
Lineage: Desulfohalobium retbaense; Desulfohalobium; Desulfohalobiaceae; Desulfovibrionales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Saline sediment from Retba Lake in Senegal; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 35C. This organism is a moderately halophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium which was originally isolated from a hypersaline lake in Africa.
Subject: NC_008268:1748635 Rhodococcus sp. RHA1, complete genome
Lineage: Rhodococcus jostii; Rhodococcus; Nocardiaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated from soil contaminated with gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane: a toxic insecticide) in Japan. Polychlorinated biphenyl degrading bacterium. Rhodococcus jostii is capable of degrading a wide variety of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are toxic compounds produced by industry, and is studied extensively for this reason. This microbe is being examined thoroughly under different environmental conditions in order to better understand metabolic pathways and gene functions.