Query: NC_009253:2139379 Desulfotomaculum reducens MI-1 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Desulfotomaculum reducens; Desulfotomaculum; Peptococcaceae; Clostridiales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Uranium- and chromium-reducing sediment bacterium. Desulfotomaculum reducens is able to reduce uranium and chromium making it a potential agent for the bioremediation of heavy metals. This organism was isolated from heavy metal-contaminated marine sediment collected at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on the San Francisco Bay, USA.
Subject: NC_014657:944000 Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis OL chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis; Caldicellulosiruptor; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: Country: USA; Environment: Hot spring; Isolation: Freshwater sediment; Temp: Hyperthermophile; Temp: 79C; Isolation: freshwater sediment, Owens Lake, California. Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis is a thermphilic gram positive bacterium. This organism produces a thermostable xylanase which may have industrial uses.