Query: NC_015555:430054 Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum LX-11 chromosome, complete
Lineage: Thermoanaerobacterium xylanolyticum; Thermoanaerobacterium; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: USA; Environment: Fresh water, Sediment; Isolation: Frying Pan Springs (thermal spring); Temp: Thermophile. This is a thermophilic, anaerobic, xylan-degrading bacterium.
Subject: NC_015703:1898159 Runella slithyformis DSM 19594 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Runella slithyformis; Runella; Cytophagaceae; Cytophagales; Bacteroidetes; Bacteria
General Information: Environment: Fresh water, Host; Isolation: Fresh water lake; USA, Louisiana, Baton; Temp: Psychrophile. This is a species of curved, nonflexible, pink bacteria. The species is of interest because it is able to grow at temperatures as low as 4°C. The species epithet is derived from slithy, a nonsense word from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky for a fictional organism that is 'slithy' and the Latin word 'suffix' meaning '-like, in the shape of', yielding the Neo-Latin word 'slithyformis' meaning 'slithy in form'.