Query: NC_014008:1552679 Coraliomargarita akajimensis DSM 45221 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Coraliomargarita akajimensis; Coraliomargarita; Puniceicoccaceae; Puniceicoccales; Verrucomicrobia; Bacteria
General Information: Isolation: Seawater surrounding the hard coral; Country: Japan; Temp: Mesophile; Habitat: Marine. Obligately aerobic, non-spore-forming, non-motile, Gram-negative bacterium. Coraliomargarita akajimensis was isolated from the seawater surrounding hard coral at 3-5 meters below the surface at Majanohama, Akajima, Japan.
Subject: NC_012808:806432 Methylobacterium extorquens AM1, complete genome
Lineage: Methylobacterium extorquens; Methylobacterium; Methylobacteriaceae; Rhizobiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: First isolated in 1960 in Oxford, England, as an airborne contaminant growing on methylamine. This strain can grow on methylamine or methanol, but not methane. This organism is capable of growth on one-carbon compounds such as methanol. Methanol is oxidized to formaldehyde which is then used metabolically to generate either energy or biomass. These bacteria are commonly found in the environment, especially associated with plants which produce methanol when metabolizing pectin during cell wall synthesis. At least 25 genes are required for this complex process of converting methanol to formaldehyde and this specialized metabolic pathway is of great interest.