Query: NC_014657:1518721 Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis OL chromosome, complete genome Lineage: Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis; Caldicellulosiruptor; Thermoanaerobacterales Family III; Thermoanaerobacterales; Firmicutes; Bacteria General Information: Country: USA; Environment: Hot spring; Isolation: Freshwater sediment; Temp: Hyperthermophile; Temp: 79C; Isolation: freshwater sediment, Owens Lake, California. Caldicellulosiruptor owensensis is a thermphilic gram positive bacterium. This organism produces a thermostable xylanase which may have industrial uses.
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General Information: Pyrococcus has similar characteristics of other thermoautotrophican archaea such as Archaeoglobus, and Methanococcus in the respect that they are all thermophilic and anaerobic. Pyrococcus differs, however, because its optimal growth temperature is nearly 100 °C and dwells at a greater sea depth than the other archaea. Studying Pyrococcus helps give insight to possible mechanisms used to endure extreme environmental conditions like high temperatures and high pressure.