Query: NC_015594:579354 Sphingobium chlorophenolicum L-1 chromosome chromosome 2, complete
Lineage: Sphingobium chlorophenolicum; Sphingobium; Sphingomonadaceae; Sphingomonadales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Environment: Soil; Isolation: Sediment, freshwater; Temp: Mesophile; Isolation: freshwater sediment; Country:USA: Minnesota. Sphingobium chlorophenolicum is a gram-negative bacillus isolatedfrom a pentachlorophenol (PCP)-contaminated soil in Minnesota.
Subject: NC_006177:835459 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.