Query: NC_014652:2323598 Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalis 108 chromosome, complete
Lineage: Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalis; Caldicellulosiruptor; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Russia; Environment: Hot spring; Isolation: Terrestrial neutral geothermal spring; Temp: Hyperthermophile; Temp: 79C. Caldicellulosiruptor hydrothermalis is a thermphilic gram positive bacterium. This organism produces a thermostable cellulase which may have industrial uses.
Subject: NC_006177:2943259 Symbiobacterium thermophilum IAM 14863, complete genome
Lineage: Symbiobacterium thermophilum; Symbiobacterium; Shewanellaceae; Clostridiales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: This symbiotic and thermophilic bacterium was discovered by screening for thermostable tryptanophases in Japanese compost. Cultured growth of this organism requires the presence of another bacterial species, such as a Bacillus or Escherichia coli, which provides diffusable metabolites required for its growth. Pure cultures can be obtained by growing Symbiobacterium thermophilum in a bioreactor, separated from its symbiotic counterpart by a dialysis membrane. Because of its symbiotic nature, it cannot be cultured with conventional methods. Despite a negative reaction for gram stain, this species is placed with the gram-positive bacteria based on 16s phylogenetic analysis.