Query: NC_013757:1888850 Geodermatophilus obscurus DSM 43160, complete genome
Lineage: Geodermatophilus obscurus; Geodermatophilus; Geodermatophilaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Soil from the Amargosa desert in Nevada; Country: USA; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 28C. It is a member of the Actinomycetales that grows in dry soil or on the surfaces of rocks and monuments. Aerobic Gram-positive bacterium.
Subject: NC_008825:404000 Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1, complete genome
Lineage: Methylibium petroleiphilum; Methylibium; ; Burkholderiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Methylibium petroleiphilum strain PM1 (ATCC BAA-1232) was isolated in 1998 from the biofilter of a treatment plant in an oil refinery in Los Angeles, California, USA. Strain PM1 is capable of degrading aromatic compounds such as benzene, toluene and xylenes. Methyl tertiary-butyl ether-degrading bacterium. Methylibium petroleiphilum is a methylotroph (able to utilize reduced one-carbon compounds) able to degrade methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) under aerobic conditions. MTBE is a gasoline additive used as an oxygenate and to raise the octane number.