Query: NC_011666:1661491 Methylocella silvestris BL2, complete genome
Lineage: Methylocella silvestris; Methylocella; Beijerinckiaceae; Rhizobiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Methylocella silvestris was isolated from acidic forest soil near Marburg, Germany. This organism is a facultative methanotroph, able to grow on organic acids and alcohols as well as methane.
Subject: NC_011901:625712 Thioalkalivibrio sulfidophilus HL-EbGr7 chromosome, complete
Lineage: Thioalkalivibrio sulfidophilus; Thioalkalivibrio; Ectothiorhodospiraceae; Chromatiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Obligately chemolithoautotrophic, haloalkaliphilic, mesophilic, microaerophilic and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium. Uses CO2 as a carbon source and reduced inorganic sulfur compounds as an energy source. Utilizes ammonium and urea, but not nitrate or nitrite, as a N-source. Isolated from a full-scale Thiopaq bioreactor in the Netherlands used to remove H2S from biogas. Thioalkalivibrio species are commonly isolated from soda lakes and tend to dominate the microbial community of hypersaline soda lakes. These organisms have a pH optimum of 10 and are able to oxidize hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur. Thioalkalivibrio species have also been isolated from sulfide oxidizing bioreactors which remove sulfide from refinery and natural gas.