Query: NC_014377:1335963 Thermosediminibacter oceani DSM 16646 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Thermosediminibacter oceani; Thermosediminibacter; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Peru; Environment: Deep sea, Sediment, Soil; Isolation: Deep sea sediments (252 m below sea level); Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 52 - 76C. Thermosediminibacter oceani is an anaerobic thermophilic bacterium isolated from marine sediment 252 meters below sea level.
Subject: NC_011420:2692857 Rhodospirillum centenum SW, complete genome
Lineage: Rhodospirillum centenum; Rhodospirillum; Rhodospirillaceae; Rhodospirillales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Rhodospirillum centenum, also called Rhodocista centenaria, is a nitrogen-fixing photoheterotroph with a complex life cycle. R. centenum is one of the few known thermotolerant purple bacteria species with optimal growth temperature of 44 dgrees C and a maximal growth temperature of 48 degrees C. In liquid media this organism is motile by a single polar flagellum. R. centenum produces lateral flagella to become a swarming cell. Under low nutrient conditions R. centenum forms a desiccation- and UV-resistant cyst. R. centenum can often be cultivated from hot springs such as those found at Yellowstone National Park. R. centenum is emerging as a model organism for genetic and molecular genetic analysis of cyst formation.