Query: NC_014658:743453 Methanothermus fervidus DSM 2088 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Methanothermus fervidus; Methanothermus; Methanothermaceae; Methanobacteriales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: Country: Iceland; Environment: Fresh water, Hot spring; Isolation: Hot solfataric spring from Iceland; Temp: Hyperthermophile; Temp: 83C. Thermophilic methanogen. Methanothermus fervidus was isolated from a solfataric hot spring in Iceland.
Subject: NC_013316:120759 Clostridium difficile R20291, complete genome
Lineage: Peptoclostridium difficile; Peptoclostridium; Peptostreptococcaceae; Clostridiales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Clostridium difficile R20291 was isolated in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, UK in 2006 and is closely related to the North American hypervirulent BI strains. Clostridium difficile, a Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobic bacterium, is the leading cause of infectious diarrhea among patients in hospitals worldwide, causing C. difficile infection (CDI). An important nosocomial pathogen, it is frequently associated with antibiotic treatment and causes diseases ranging from antibiotic-associated diarrhea to life-threatening pseudomembraneous colitis.