Query: NC_015732:2710913 Spirochaeta caldaria DSM 7334 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Treponema caldaria; Treponema; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria
General Information: Environment: Fresh water, Hot spring; Temp: Mesophile; Isolation: Hunter's Hot Spring; Country: USA, Oregon. This is a thermophilic bacterium from freshwater hot springs that enhances cellulose degradation by Clostridium thermocellum.
Subject: NC_014364:667841 Spirochaeta smaragdinae DSM 11293 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Spirochaeta smaragdinae; Spirochaeta; Spirochaetaceae; Spirochaetales; Spirochaetes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: Congo; Environment: Oil fields; Isolation: Oil field of Congo, Africa; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 35C. Spirochaeta smaragdinae was isolated from an oil field in Central Africa. The species is Gram-negative, motile, obligately halophilic and strictly anaerobic and is of interest because it is able to ferment numerous polysaccharides.