Query: NC_013385:1504650 Ammonifex degensii KC4, complete genome
Lineage: Ammonifex degensii; Ammonifex; Thermoanaerobacteraceae; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Neutral volcanic hot spring; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 70C; Habitat: Fresh water, Hot spring. This organism is a thermophilic chemoautotroph able to grow by nitrate ammonification or by sulfate and sulfur reduction. It was isolated from a neutral volcanic hot spring.
Subject: NC_005125:4117096 Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421, complete genome
Lineage: Gloeobacter violaceus; Gloeobacter; ; Gloeobacterales; Cyanobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This organism was isolated from a calcereous (chalky) rock in Switzerland. Photosynthetic bacterium. This organism is an obligate photoautotroph that lacks thylakoid membranes and probably has its photosynthetic machinery in the cytoplasmic membrane with various components exposed to the periplasm whereas in other cyanobacteria the components are situated in the thylakoid membrane and are exposed to the cytoplasm. This unusual arrangement may be due to the lack of various fatty acids that are found in the thylakoid membrane in other cyanobacteria. It has been predicted that this organism was one of the earliest to diverge from the cyanobacterial line.