Query: NC_013530:3365742 Xylanimonas cellulosilytica DSM 15894, complete genome
Lineage: Xylanimonas cellulosilytica; Xylanimonas; Promicromonosporaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Decaying tree in Salamanca Spain; Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 28C; Habitat: Soil. An aerobic, chemoorganotrophic, xylanolytic Gram-positive bacterium. This species was first isolated from a decaying tree in Salamanca, Spain. It produces abundant cellulases and xylanases.
Subject: NC_006177:2943259 Symbiobacterium thermophilum IAM 14863, complete genome
Lineage: Symbiobacterium thermophilum; Symbiobacterium; Shewanellaceae; Clostridiales; Firmicutes; Bacteria
General Information: This symbiotic and thermophilic bacterium was discovered by screening for thermostable tryptanophases in Japanese compost. Cultured growth of this organism requires the presence of another bacterial species, such as a Bacillus or Escherichia coli, which provides diffusable metabolites required for its growth. Pure cultures can be obtained by growing Symbiobacterium thermophilum in a bioreactor, separated from its symbiotic counterpart by a dialysis membrane. Because of its symbiotic nature, it cannot be cultured with conventional methods. Despite a negative reaction for gram stain, this species is placed with the gram-positive bacteria based on 16s phylogenetic analysis.