Pre_GI: SWBIT SVG BLASTN

Query: NC_013410:2691437 Fibrobacter succinogenes subsp. succinogenes S85 chromosome,

Lineage: Fibrobacter succinogenes; Fibrobacter; Fibrobacteraceae; Fibrobacterales; Fibrobacteres; Bacteria

General Information: Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 37C; Habitat: Host. Cellulolytic rumen bacterium. This bacterium is one of the three most predominant cellulolytic organisms in the rumen. Since cellulose is one of the most abundant carbohydrates on the planet, this organism is, therefore, an important part of the global carbon biogeochemical cycle, converting the mass of fixed carbon generated by photosynthetic organisms back to products that eventually end up as carbon dioxide. Increasing cellulose degradation is an important goal in industrial processes. This organism is highly specialized for cellulose degradation, and is only capable of utilizing cellulose and cellulolytic degradation products as carbon sources. Access to cellulose is a rate-liming step in degradation, and the cellulolytic organisms have devised a number of mechanisms for improving access to this insoluble substrate, one of which is the production of surface-localized cellulases. The active enzymes are cell wall associated, but the presence of cellulosomes, large multiprotein cellulase complexes, has not been detected in this organism. Adherence is another method used to promote cellulose degradation, and this organism produces an extracellular matrix of glycoprotein glycocalyx which allows attachment to insoluble cellulose.

Subject: NC_014323:4792048 Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 chromosome, complete genome

Lineage: Herbaspirillum seropedicae; Herbaspirillum; Oxalobacteraceae; Burkholderiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria

General Information: Root-associated nitrogen-fixing bacterium. Herbaspirillum seropedicae is an endophitic nitrogen-fixing beta-Proteobacteria found associated with important crops such as sugarcane, wheat, maize, rice and sorghum. It is non-phytopathogenic and produces interesting biotechnological products such as polybetaalkanoates and cyanophycin. Herbaspirillum seropedicae was isolated from the roots of rice plants, and is member of a group of free-living soil bacteria known to promote plant growth. The yields of rice and sorghum were significantly increased when grown in soil inoculated with Herbaspirillum seropedicae.