Query: NC_015850:510837 Acidithiobacillus caldus SM-1 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Acidithiobacillus caldus; Acidithiobacillus; Acidithiobacillaceae; Acidithiobacillales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Acidithiobacillus caldus (formerly Thiobacillus caldus) is a moderately thermophilic, acidophilic, sulphur-oxidizing and obligately chemolithotrophic bacterium. Isolated from a pilot bioleaching reactor.
Subject: NC_007974:2097334 Ralstonia metallidurans CH34 chromosome 2, complete sequence
Lineage: Cupriavidus metallidurans; Cupriavidus; Burkholderiaceae; Burkholderiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was first identified in the heavy metal-contaminated sludge of a settling tank in Belgium in the late 1970s. This organism, formerly Ralstonia metallidurans, is capable of growth in the presence of a large number of heavy metals including silver, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, mercury, nickel, lead, thallium, and zinc.