Query: NC_014211:258659 Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei DSM 43111 plasmid
Lineage: Nocardiopsis dassonvillei; Nocardiopsis; Nocardiopsaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Temp: Mesophile; Temp: 28C; Habitat: Blood, Host; Isolation: blood. This organism is and environmental bacterium which has been known to cause actinomycetoma, skin infections, and pulmunary infections in humans.
Subject: NC_007948:4646344 Polaromonas sp. JS666, complete genome
Lineage: Polaromonas; Polaromonas; Comamonadaceae; Burkholderiales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain was isolated from sediment contaminated with cis-dichloroethane (cDCE), a common pollutant resulting from widespread manufacture and use of industrial solvents. This bacterium is the only known organism capable of using cDCE as a sole carbon and energy source. The ability of this strain to convert ethene to epoxyethane suggests that the first step in the cDCE biodegradation pathway is the oxidation of cDCE to an epoxide compound. Bacteria that are able to grow on cDCE are rare, and have only been found in very few highly selective artificial environments. The discovery of this bacteria may provide a low cost, self-sustaining bioremediation method in areas where cDCE is a problem contaminant.