Query: NC_008610:1068429 Candidatus Ruthia magnifica str. Cm (Calyptogena magnifica),
Lineage: Ruthia magnifica; Ruthia; ; sulfur-oxidizing symbionts; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Candidatus Ruthia magnifica is a chemoautotrophic bacteria that lives symbiotically in the gut of a giant clam. This organism is an endosymbiont of the hydrothermal vent clam Calyptogena magnifica.
Subject: NC_012804:1940500 Thermococcus gammatolerans EJ3, complete genome
Lineage: Thermococcus gammatolerans; Thermococcus; Thermococcaceae; Thermococcales; Euryarchaeota; Archaea
General Information: Hyperthermophilic radioresistant marine archaeon. Thermococcus gammatolerans was isolated from hydrothermal vent chimneys located in the mid-Atlantic Ridge and Guyamas basin. When exposed to gamma radiation, this organism has a survival curve similar to Deinococcus radiodurans.