Query: NC_009943:677324 Candidatus Desulfococcus oleovorans Hxd3, complete genome Lineage: Desulfococcus oleovorans; Desulfococcus; Desulfobacteraceae; Desulfobacterales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria General Information: An alkane-degrading sulfate-reducing Gram-negative bacterium isolated from the saline water phase of an oil-water separator from a northern German oil field. Desulfococcus oleovorans, originally designated Desulfobacterium oleovorans, was isolated using hexadecane as a carbon source and has been used to determine the mechanism of anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation.
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General Information: Isolation: Mud, thermal spa; Italy, Abano Terme; Country: Italy; Temp: Thermophile; Temp: 70C; Habitat: Fresh water, Mud. Anaerobic, thermophilic, spore-forming Gram-positive bacterium. Thermoanaerobacter italicus was isolated from a thermal spa in Italy. This organism is able to degrade pectin and pectate at high temperatures.